Method and apparatus for determining oil output quantity and gas output quantity of shale oil in-situ conversion

ABSTRACT

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum of a target area; determining, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, a first retained oil quantity, a first retained gas quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity, a second retained oil quantity, and a second retained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature; building an oil output quantity model and a gas output quantity model according to the above data to determine an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of the target area. By introducing and using parameters such as the retained oil quantity, the retained gas quantity, the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gas output quantity model, the present disclosure solves the technical problem in the existing methods that the predicted development potential has a large error and a low accuracy, and achieve the technical effect of accurately predicting the development potential by determining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the target area.

RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 or 365 toChinese, Application No. 201810174445.X, filed Mar. 2, 2018. The entireteachings of the above application are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oil and gasexploration and development, and in particular to a method and apparatusfor determining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of ashale oil in-situ conversion.

BACKGROUND ART

During exploration and development of shale oil in a target area, it isusually necessary to predict a development potential and a developmenteffect (e.g., an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity) of thetarget area, and then take the prediction results as a guidance toselect a preferred area from the target area, so as to perform specificshale oil exploration.

Currently, in order to predict the development potential of the targetarea, it is usual to obtain an oil generation quantity and a gasgeneration quantity of a shale in the target area through simulationexperiments, and take the oil generation quantity and the gas generationquantity as the main evaluation parameters of the development potentialto the area to be developed, so as to predict and determine thedevelopment potential of the target area, i.e., the existing methodsmainly focus on the research of the shale hydrocarbon generationcapacity (i.e., the oil generation quantity and the gas generationquantity). But the above methods only simply consider the influences ofthe oil generation quantity and the gas generation quantity, withouttaking into account the specific oil and gas development process (e.g.,the specific in-situ conversion process) or the real stratumenvironment, and without comprehensively analyzing the mutual effectsand influences between multiple parameters in the oil and gasdevelopment process (e.g., the oil and gas generated from the shale inthe development process will be pyrolyzed under high temperatures), soduring implementation, the existing methods often have the technicalproblem that the predicted development potential has a large error and alow accuracy.

With regard to the above problem, no effective solution has beenproposed yet.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion, so as to solve the technicalproblem of the existing methods that the predicted development potentialhas a large error and a low accuracy, and achieving the technical effectof comprehensively considering the mutual influences between multiplefactors, and accurately predicting a development potential of a targetarea through multiple parameters such as an oil output quantity and agas output quantity.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method fordetermining an oil output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion,comprising:

obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum ofa target area, wherein the shale samples are immature shale samples;

measuring the plurality of groups of shale samples to obtain an initialTOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HC parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

determining, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, afirst retained oil quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity anda second retained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature;

building an oil output quantity model according to the first retainedoil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity and the secondretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature;

determining an oil output quantity of the target stratum of the targetarea according to the oil output quantity model.

In one embodiment, determining, according to the plurality of groups ofshale samples, a first retained oil quantity, a Ro parameter, an oiloutput quantity and a second retained oil quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature comprises:

performing a first thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine thefirst retained oil quantity and the Ro parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the first thermalsimulation experiment is a stratum pressure, and the first thermalsimulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulation experimentsunder a plurality of preset temperatures;

performing a second thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine the oiloutput quantity and the second retained oil quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the second thermalsimulation experiment is an in-situ conversion pressure, the secondthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, and the pluralityof preset temperatures included by the second thermal simulationexperiment are the same as those included by the first thermalsimulation experiment.

In one embodiment, building an oil output quantity model according tothe first retained oil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil outputquantity and the second retained oil quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature comprises:

determining an oil generation quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureaccording to the oil output quantity and the second retained oilquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature;

building a Ro parameter model according to the Ro parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature and an initial Ro parameter of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

building an oil generation potential model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, theRo parameter model, and the oil generation quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature;

building a retained oil proportion model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, theoil generation quantity of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, the firstretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, and the oilgeneration potential model;

building an oil output quantity proportion model according to theretained oil proportion model, and the initial TOC parameter, theinitial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

building an oil output quantity model according to the oil outputquantity proportion model.

In one embodiment, the oil generation potential model is built with thefollowing formula:Q _(op)=0.01×(a ₁₁ ×e ^(b) ¹¹ ^(×Ro) ×Ro ²)

wherein Q_(op) represents an oil generation potential, Ro represents aRo parameter, a₁₁ represents a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 11, and b₁₁ represents a second-class constant with areference number of 11.

In one embodiment, the retained oil quantity proportion model is builtwith the following formula:

$Q_{osp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{o} \times B_{or} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{a_{31} \times {Ro} \times {b_{31}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.2\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{32} \times {{Ro}^{b_{32}}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.2\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(osp) represents a retained oil quantity proportion,f(TOC₀)_(o) represents a shale retained oil quantity correctioncoefficient, TOC₀ represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample,B_(or) represents a ratio of a crude oil volume factor under a stratumpressure of the target area to a crude oil volume factor under a thermalsimulation pressure, Ro represents a Ro parameter, HC_(t) represents aninitial HC parameter of a shale sample of a target stratum of a targetarea to be determined, HC_(s) represents an initial HC parameter of ashale sample, a₃₁ represents a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 31, a₃₂ represents a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 32, b₃₁ represents a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 31, and b₃₂ represents a second-class constant with areference number of 32.

In one embodiment, the oil output quantity proportion model is builtwith the following formula:

$Q_{pop} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{51} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{51}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {6\%}} \right)}} \\{{a_{52} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{52}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 6\%} \leq {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right)}} \\{{a_{53} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{53}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pop) represents an oil output quantity proportion, TOC₀represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample, HC₀ represents aninitial HC parameter of the shale sample, a₅₁ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 51, a₅₂ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 52, a₅₃ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 53, b₅₁ represents a second-classconstant with a reference number of 51, b₅₂ represents a second-classconstant with a reference number of 52, and b₅₃ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of 53.

In one embodiment, when the target area lacks immature shale samples,the method further comprises: obtaining a plurality of groups of shalesamples of the target area, and performing TOC recovery processing andHC recovery processing on the plurality of groups of shale samples,respectively, to obtain an initial TOC parameter and an initial HCparameter of the target area.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method fordetermining a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion,comprising:

obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum ofa target area, wherein the shale samples are immature shale samples;

measuring the plurality of groups of shale samples to obtain an initialTOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HC parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

determining, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, afirst retained gas quantity, a Ro parameter, a gas output quantity and asecond retained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature;

building a gas output quantity model according to the first retained gasquantity, the Ro parameter, the gas output quantity and the secondretained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature;

determining a gas output quantity of the target stratum of the targetarea according to the gas output quantity model.

In one embodiment, determining, according to the plurality of groups ofshale samples, a first retained gas quantity, a Ro parameter, a gasoutput quantity and a second retained gas quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature comprises:

performing a first thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine thefirst retained gas quantity and the Ro parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the first thermalsimulation experiment is a stratum pressure, and the first thermalsimulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulation experimentsunder a plurality of preset temperatures;

performing a second thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine the gasoutput quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the second thermalsimulation experiment is an in-situ conversion pressure, the secondthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, and the pluralityof preset temperatures included by the second thermal simulationexperiment are the same as those included by the first thermalsimulation experiment.

In one embodiment, building a gas output quantity model according to thefirst retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the gas output quantityand the second retained gas quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperaturecomprises:

determining a gas generation quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureaccording to the gas output quantity and the second retained gasquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature;

building a Ro parameter model according to the Ro parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature and an initial Ro parameter of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

building a gas generation potential model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, theRo parameter model, and the gas generation quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature;

building a retained gas proportion model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, thegas generation quantity of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, the firstretained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, and the gasgeneration potential model;

building a gas output quantity proportion model according to theretained gas proportion model, and the initial TOC parameter, theinitial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

building a gas output quantity model according to the gas outputquantity proportion model.

In one embodiment, the gas generation potential model is built with thefollowing formula:

$Q_{gp} = {0.01 \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {{a_{21} \times {Ro}} + b_{21}} \right) \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.6\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{22} \times {Ro}^{b_{22}} \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(gp) represents a gas generation potential, Ro represents a Roparameter, a₂₁ represents a first-class constant with a reference numberof 21, a₂₂ represents a first-class constant with a reference number of22, b₂₁ represents a second-class constant with a reference number of21, and b₂₂ represents a second-class constant with a reference numberof 22.

In one embodiment, the retained gas quantity proportion model is builtwith the following formula:

$Q_{gsp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{g} \times {f\left( B_{gi} \right)} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{41} \times {Ro}} + {b_{41}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {0.8\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{42} \times {{Ro}^{b_{42}\;}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 0.8\%} < {Ro} < {1.6\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{43} \times {{Ro}^{b_{43}}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(g)sp represents a retained gas quantity proportion,f(TOC₀)_(g) represents a shale retained gas quantity correctioncoefficient, TOC₀ represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample,f(B_(gi)) represents an experimental simulation pressure-based naturalgas volume factor correction parameter, B_(gi) represents a ratio of anatural gas volume factor under a stratum pressure of the target area toa natural gas volume factor under an experimental thermal simulationpressure, Ro represents a Ro parameter, HC_(t) represents an initial HCparameter of a shale sample of a target stratum of a target area to bedetermined, HC_(s) represents an initial HC parameter of a shale sample,a₄₁ represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 41, a₄₂represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 42, a₄₃represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 43, b₄₁represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 41, b₄₂represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 42, andb₄₃ represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 43.

In one embodiment, the gas output quantity proportion model is builtwith the following formula:

$Q_{pgp} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{61} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{61}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right)}} \\{{a_{62} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{62}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pgp) represents a gas output quantity proportion, TOC₀represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample, HC₀ represents aninitial HC parameter of the shale sample, a₆₁ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 61, a₆₂ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 62, b₆₁ represents a second-classconstant with a reference number of 61, and b₆₂ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of 62.

In one embodiment, when the target area lacks immature shale samples,the method further comprises: obtaining a plurality of groups of shalesamples of the target area, and performing TOC recovery processing andHC recovery processing on the plurality of groups of shale samples,respectively, to obtain an initial TOC parameter and an initial HCparameter of the target area.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatusfor determining an oil output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion, comprising:

an obtaining module configured to obtain a plurality of groups of shalesamples of a target stratum of a target area, wherein the shale samplesare immature shale samples.

a measuring module configured to measure the plurality of groups ofshale samples to obtain an initial TOC parameter, an initial Roparameter, and an initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples.

a first determining module configured to determine, according to theplurality of groups of shale samples, a first retained oil quantity, aRo parameter, an oil output quantity and a second retained oil quantityof each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shalesamples under each preset temperature;

a building module configured to build an oil output quantity modelaccording to the first retained oil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oiloutput quantity and the second retained oil quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature;

a second determining module configured to determine an oil outputquantity of the target stratum of the target area according to the oiloutput quantity model.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatusfor determining a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion,comprising:

an obtaining module configured to obtain a plurality of groups of shalesamples of a target stratum of a target area, wherein the shale samplesare immature shale samples.

a measuring module configured to measure the plurality of groups ofshale samples to obtain an initial TOC parameter, an initial Roparameter, and an initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples.

a first determining module configured to determine, according to theplurality of groups of shale samples, a first retained gas quantity, aRo parameter, a gas output quantity and a second retained gas quantityof each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shalesamples under each preset temperature;

a building module configured to build a gas output quantity modelaccording to the first retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the gasoutput quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature;

a second determining module configured to determine a gas outputquantity of the target stratum of the target area according to the gasoutput quantity model.

By introducing and using multiple parameters such as a retained oilquantity, a retained gas quantity, an oil output quantity and a gasoutput quantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gasoutput quantity model, the embodiments of the present disclosure solvethe technical problem in the existing methods that the predicteddevelopment potential has a large error and a low accuracy, and achievethe technical effect of comprehensively considering the mutualinfluences between multiple factors, and accurately predicting adevelopment potential of a target area through multiple parameters suchas an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity.

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In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art, the drawings tobe used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will bebriefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the followingdescription just illustrate some embodiments of the present disclosure,and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings from them withoutpaying a creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a processing flow diagram of a method for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a composition structure diagram of an apparatus fordetermining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shaleoil in-situ conversion provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 is a composition structure diagram of an electronic device basedon a method for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of an evaluation of a development potential ofa target area by applying, in a scenario example, a method fordetermining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shaleoil in-situ conversion provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand a shale thermal simulation temperature obtained by applying, in ascenario example, a method and an apparatus for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand shale oil and gas generation potentials obtained by applying, in ascenario example, a method and an apparatus for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand proportions of retained oil and gas quantities in a shale obtainedby applying, in a scenario example, a method and an apparatus fordetermining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shaleoil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a TOC parameterand corrected values of proportions of retained oil and gas quantitiesin a shale obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand a natural gas deviation factor obtained by applying, in a scenarioexample, a method and an apparatus for determining an oil outputquantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversionprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between TOC×HC andproportions of oil and gas output quantities obtained by applying, in ascenario example, a method and an apparatus for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand an HC parameter obtained by applying, in a scenario example, amethod and an apparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gasoutput quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided byembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand a TOC parameter obtained by applying, in a scenario example, amethod and an apparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gasoutput quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided byembodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In order that those skilled in the art better understands the technicalsolutions in the present disclosure, the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completelydescribed as follows with reference to the drawings for the embodimentsof the present disclosure. Obviously, those described are just a partrather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based onthe embodiments of the present disclosure, any other embodiment obtainedby those skilled in the art without paying any creative effort shouldfall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It is considered that although the real stratum environment is combined,the prior art does not specifically or comprehensively analyze themutual effects and influences between various parameters in an oil andgas development process of a shale oil in-situ conversion, and onlypredicts the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of thetarget area by obtaining the oil generation quantity and the gasgeneration quantity, thereby leading to the technical problem that thepredicted development potential has a large error and a low accuracy.With respect to the root causes of the above technical problem, thepresent disclosure comprehensively analyzes the mutual influencesbetween various parameters in a specific oil and gas developmentprocess, such as an in-situ conversion process; combines the realstratum environment, and after obtaining the parameters such as the oilgeneration quantity and the gas generation quantity, introduces andobtains multiple parameters such as a retained oil quantity, a retainedgas quantity, an oil output quantity and an gas output quantity throughsimulation experiments; and builds an oil output quantity model and agas output quantity model which are relatively accurate to predict theoil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the target area, bycomprehensively analyzing the mutual effects and influences between theabove parameters, so as to evaluate the shale development potential ofthe target area, thereby solving the technical problem of the existingmethods that the predicted development potential has a large error and alow accuracy, and achieving the technical effect of comprehensivelyconsidering the mutual influences between multiple factors, andaccurately predicting the development potential of the target areathrough multiple parameters such as the oil output quantity and the gasoutput quantity.

Based on the above idea, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a method for determining an oil output quantity and a gasoutput quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion. For the detail,please refer to FIG. 1, which illustrates a processing flow diagram of amethod for determining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantityof a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. During implementation, a method for determining anoil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure maycomprise the steps of:

S11: obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of a targetstratum of a target area, wherein the shale samples are immature shalesamples.

In this embodiment, before the oil and gas development of the shale oilin-situ conversion in the target area, it is usually necessary topredict the development potential of the target area to obtain aprediction result thereof, and then according to the prediction result,in combination with the development revenue and implementation cost,determine whether to perform an oil and gas development for the targetarea, and which development mode should be adopted therefor, so as toachieve a better oil and gas development result with a lower cost.

In this embodiment, the target area may be understood as an areacontaining the shale oil resources to be developed.

In one embodiment, the plurality of groups of shale samples specificallymay be a plurality of groups of shale samples having different TotalOrganic Carbon (TOC) parameter values, wherein a TOC specifically refersto a total carbon content in organic matters that can be converted intohydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon source rocks.

In one embodiment, an immature shale sample may be understood as a shalethat is not fully mature, and specifically, it may refer to a shale witha vitrinite reflectance (maturity) less than 0.5%, and the organicmatters therein having not been converted into oil or gas. In contrast,a mature shale may refer to a shale with a high vitrinite reflectance(maturity), and a part of the organic matters therein having beenpartially converted into oil and gas which are partially discharged.

In one embodiment, the shale sample specifically may have a Ro parametervalue less than 0.5%, wherein a Ro parameter specifically refers to avitrinite reflectance, which is one of the most important organic mattermaturity indexes, and is mostly used to calibrate a thermal evolution ofan organic matter from an early diagenesis to a hypometamorphic stage.For example, the vitrinite reflectance is increasingly large as thethermal maturity of the organic matter rises.

In one embodiment, obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of atarget stratum of a target area may be implemented to comprise:collecting shales of a plurality of outcrop sections having differentTOC in the target area as the plurality of groups of shale samples.

S12: measuring the plurality of groups of shale samples to obtain aninitial TOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples.

In this embodiment, during implementation, each group of shale samplesin the plurality of groups of shale samples may be divided into aplurality of subsamples, and during implementation, a subsample of eachgroup of shale samples may be taken for measurement to obtain theinitial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter, and the initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples.

In this embodiment, the initial TOC parameter may also be referred to asan original TOC parameter, and it specifically may be understood as aTOC parameter of an immature shale before an oil and gas developmentthereof, for example, before an in-situ conversion thereof. The initialTHC parameter may also be referred to as an original HC parameter, andit specifically may be understood as an HC parameter of an immatureshale before an oil and gas development thereof, for example, before anin-situ conversion thereof, wherein the HC parameter specifically mayrefer to a hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number (or a hydrogen to carbonratio) in the shale.

S13: determining, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples,a first retained oil quantity, a first retained gas quantity, a Roparameter, an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity, a secondretained oil quantity, and a second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature.

In one embodiment, in order to more accurately predict the developmentpotential of the target area, the method provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure is not limited to the study of the hydrocarbongeneration capability (i.e., the oil generation quantity and the gasgeneration quantity), but considers the mutual influences betweenvarious parameters in the specific oil and gas development process. Forexample, the oil and gas generated during the high-temperaturedevelopment will be cracked, and a large quantity of retained oil andgas will be present in the shale of low- and medium-maturity. Therefore,being different from the existing methods and combined with the specificoil and gas development process, it introduces a variety of otherparameters, such as the retained oil quantity, the retained gasquantity, the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, etc., so asto more comprehensively analyze the situation in the development processof the in-situ conversion, and accurately predict the developmentpotential of the target area.

In one embodiment, determining, according to the plurality of groups ofshale samples, a first retained oil quantity, a first retained gasquantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity,a second retained oil quantity, and a second retained gas quantity ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesunder each preset temperature may comprise:

S13-1: performing a first thermal simulation experiment on each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determinethe first retained oil quantity, the first retained gas quantity, andthe Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, wherein asimulation pressure of the first thermal simulation experiment is astratum pressure, and the first thermal simulation experiment includessemi-open thermal simulation experiments under a plurality of presettemperatures.

In this embodiment, the first thermal simulation experiment mainlysimulates the variation situation of the shale samples in the stratumunder the normal stratum conditions, and specifically it is a semi-openthermal simulation experiment. During implementation, a plurality ofsubsamples may be taken from each group of shale samples to perform thefirst thermal simulation experiments under a plurality of presettemperatures, wherein the number of the subsamples taken from each groupof shale samples is the same as the number of the plurality of presettemperatures. For example, in order to perform the first thermalsimulation experiments under 11 different preset temperatures, 11subsamples may be taken from each group of shale samples and then usedto perform the first thermal simulation experiments under the 11 presettemperatures.

In one embodiment, the plurality of preset temperatures are reactiontemperature corresponding to different stages in the oil and gasdevelopment process, respectively. Concretely, the plurality of presettemperatures specifically may be reaction temperatures corresponding toan oil generation starting stage, an oil generation quantity rapidlyincreasing stage I, an oil generation quantity rapidly increasing stageII, an oil generation peak stage I, an oil generation peak stage II, anoil generation peak stage III, an oil generation quantity decreasingstage I, an oil generation quantity decreasing stage II, an oilgeneration quantity basically ending stage, a gas generation quantitybasically ending stage and a gas generation quantity ending stage. Inthis way, the temperature variation situation in the oil and gasdevelopment process can be simulated more accurately and completely.

In one embodiment, the plurality of preset temperatures may be set to250° C., 300° C., 320° C., 335° C., 350° C., 360° C., 390° C., 440° C.,500° C., 540° C. and 580° C., respectively, in correspondence with theoil generation starting stage, the oil generation quantity rapidlyincreasing stage I, the oil generation quantity rapidly increasing stageII, the oil generation peak stage I, the oil generation peak stag II,the oil generation peak stage III, the oil generation quantitydecreasing stage I, the oil generation quantity decreasing stage II, theoil generation quantity basically ending stage, the gas generationquantity basically ending stage and the gas generation quantity endingstage in the oil and gas development process. Specifically, when thefirst thermal simulation experiments are performed, the above presettemperatures may be used as the ending temperatures of the first thermalsimulation experiments under the respective preset temperatures. Ofcourse, it should be noted that the plurality of preset temperatures arelisted only for the purpose of better describing the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. During implementation, any other suitabletemperatures may also be selected as the preset temperature based on thespecific conditions and the construction requirements, which are notlimited herein.

In one embodiment, performing a first thermal simulation experiment oneach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesto determine the first retained oil quantity, the first retained gasquantity, and the Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperaturespecifically may be performing the first thermal simulation experimentson the plurality of groups of shale samples, respectively, in thefollowing way of performing a first thermal simulation experiment on acurrent group of shale samples:

S1: performing a plurality of groups of first thermal simulationexperiments under the plurality of preset temperatures using a pluralityof subsamples of a current group of shale samples, wherein the number ofthe plurality of subsamples is the same as the number of the pluralityof preset temperatures, each group of thermal simulation experiments arecorresponding to one preset temperature, and the first thermalsimulation experiment is a thermal simulation experiment under asemi-open system.

S2: obtaining, according to each group of first thermal simulationexperiments, the first retained oil quantity, the first retained gasquantity and the Ro parameter under corresponding preset temperature.

In one embodiment, performing the first thermal simulation experimentspecifically may be raising a temperature of the first thermalsimulation experiment in a preset temperature increasing rate until thetemperature reaches a preset temperature, and in the temperatureincreasing process, when a pressure in the simulation experiment exceeds1.1 times a preset pressure, opening a pressure relief valve anddecreasing the pressure to a simulation pressure; and maintaining thepreset temperature and the simulation pressure for 50 days to completethe thermal simulation experiment.

In one embodiment, the simulation pressure specifically may be 1.2 to1.5 times a hydrostatic pressure at a depth position of the targetstratum of the target area. In this embodiment, during implementationthe simulation pressure may be set to 1.5 times the hydrostatic pressureat the depth position of the target area. Of course, it should be notedthat the above simulation pressures are listed only for the purpose ofbetter describing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, any other suitable pressure may also be selected as thesimulation pressure based on the specific conditions and theconstruction requirements, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the preset temperature increasing rate specificallymay be 2° C. per day. Of course, it should be noted that the abovetemperature increasing rates are listed only for the purpose of betterdescribing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, any other suitable temperature increasing rate may alsobe selected as the preset temperature increasing rate based on thespecific conditions and the construction requirements, which are notlimited herein.

In one embodiment, before performing a first thermal simulationexperiment using the shale samples, the method specifically may furthercomprise: firstly, pulverizing and uniformly mixing each group of shalesamples and dividing them into a required number of parts, and thenperforming compaction processing under twice the simulation pressure.Subsequently, the first thermal simulation experiment may be performedusing the processed samples. In this way, the variation of the shale inthe stratum environment can be more accurately simulated, so as toobtain more accurate result data.

In one embodiment, during implementation, obtaining, according to eachgroup of first thermal simulation experiments, the first retained oilquantity, the first retained gas quantity and the Ro parameter undercorresponding preset temperature may comprise: measuring a retained oilquantity and a retained gas quantity of the shale in a reaction kettleof each group of first thermal simulation experiments at the presettemperature point, respectively, as the first retained oil quantity andthe first retained gas quantity under the corresponding presettemperature. Specifically, the retained oil quantity may be obtained byan organic solvent extraction method, and the retained gas quantity maybe measured according to a standard “Shale Gas Content DeterminationMethod” SY/T 6940-2103. In the case of the first thermal simulationexperiment, the shale vitrinite reflectance Ro after the first thermalsimulation experiment may be measured according to an industrialstandard “Determination Method for Vitrinite Reflectance in SedimentaryRocks” SY/T 5124-2012, so as to obtain the Ro parameter under thecorresponding preset temperature. In addition, the HC parameter of theshale sample after the first thermal simulation experiment may bemeasured according to an industrial standard “Geochemical EvaluationMethod for Terrestrial Hydrocarbon Source Rocks” SYT 5735-1995; and theTOC parameter of the shale sample after the first thermal simulationexperiment may be measured according to a national standard“Determination of Total Organic Carbon In Sedimentary Rock” GB/T19145-2003, for subsequent use as reference data to more accuratelypredict the development potential of the target area.

S13-2: performing a second thermal simulation experiment on each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples todetermine the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, the secondretained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the second thermalsimulation experiment is an in-situ conversion pressure, the secondthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, and the pluralityof preset temperatures included by the second thermal simulationexperiment are the same as those included by the first thermalsimulation experiment.

In this embodiment, the second thermal simulation experiment mainlysimulates the variation situation of the shale samples in the stratumwhen the oil and gas development process is specifically performed,i.e., under the in-situ conversion conditions, wherein the secondthermal simulation experiment has its specific experimental processsimilar to that of the first thermal simulation experiment, and it isalso a semi-open thermal simulation experiment. During implementation, aplurality of subsamples may be taken from the remained subsamples ofeach group of shale samples to perform the second thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, wherein theplurality of preset temperatures included by the second thermalsimulation experiment are the same as those included by the firstthermal simulation experiment, and specifically, the plurality of presettemperatures included by the second thermal simulation experiment areone-to-one the same as those included by the first thermal simulationexperiment. For example, when the first thermal simulation experimentincludes 5 preset temperatures, i.e., 300° C., 320° C., 335° C., 350° C.and 360° C., the second thermal simulation experiment will also includethe 5 preset temperatures, i.e., 300° C., 320° C., 335° C., 350° C. and360° C.

In one embodiment, the plurality of preset temperatures included by thesecond thermal simulation experiment are also reaction temperaturecorresponding to different stages in the oil and gas development processof the in-situ conversion, respectively. That is to say, the pluralityof preset temperatures specifically may be reaction temperaturescorresponding to an oil generation starting stage, an oil generationquantity rapidly increasing stage I, an oil generation quantity rapidlyincreasing stage II, an oil generation peak stage I, an oil generationpeak stage II, an oil generation peak stage III, an oil generationquantity decreasing stage I, an oil generation quantity decreasing stageII, an oil generation quantity basically ending stage, a gas generationquantity basically ending stage and a gas generation quantity endingstage. In this way, the temperature variation situation in the oil andgas development process of the shale oil in-situ conversion can besimulated more accurately and completely. Accordingly, the plurality ofpreset temperatures may be set to 250° C., 300° C., 320° C., 335° C.,350° C., 360° C., 390° C., 440° C., 500° C., 540° C. and 580° C.,respectively, in correspondence with the above different stages.Specifically, when the second thermal simulation experiments areperformed, the above preset temperatures may be used as the endingtemperatures of the second thermal simulation experiments under therespective preset temperatures.

In one embodiment, performing a second thermal simulation experiment oneach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesto determine the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, thesecond retained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesunder each preset temperature specifically may be performing the secondthermal simulation experiments on the plurality of groups of shalesamples, respectively, in the following way of performing a secondthermal simulation experiment on a current group of shale samples:

S1: performing a plurality of groups of second thermal simulationexperiments under the plurality of preset temperatures using a pluralityof subsamples in the remained samples of a current group of shalesamples, wherein the number of the plurality of subsamples is the sameas the number of the plurality of preset temperatures, each group ofthermal simulation experiments are corresponding to one presettemperature, and the second thermal simulation experiment is a thermalsimulation experiment under a semi-open system.

S2: obtaining, according to each group of second thermal simulationexperiments, the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, thesecond retained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity undercorresponding preset temperature.

In one embodiment, performing the second thermal simulation experimentspecifically may be raising a temperature of the second thermalsimulation experiment in a preset temperature increasing rate until thetemperature reaches a preset temperature, and in the temperatureincreasing process, when a pressure in the simulation experiment exceeds1.1 times a preset pressure, opening a pressure relief valve anddecreasing the pressure to a simulation pressure; and maintaining thepreset temperature and the simulation pressure for 50 days to completethe thermal simulation experiment.

In one embodiment, in order to more accurately simulate the pressureenvironment of the in-situ conversion in the oil and gas developmentprocess of the actual shale oil in-situ conversion, the simulationpressure specifically may be 3 MPa to 5 MPa. In this embodiment, duringimplementation, the simulation pressure of the second thermal simulationexperiment may be set to 5 MPa. Of course, it should be noted that theabove simulation pressures are listed only for the purpose of betterdescribing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, any other suitable pressure may also be selected as thesimulation pressure based on the specific conditions and theconstruction requirements, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the preset temperature increasing rate specificallymay be 2° C. per day. Of course, it should be noted that the abovetemperature increasing rates are listed only for the purpose of betterdescribing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, any other suitable temperature increasing rate may alsobe selected as the preset temperature increasing rate based on thespecific conditions and the construction requirements, which are notlimited herein.

In one embodiment, before performing a second thermal simulationexperiment using the shale samples, the method specifically may furthercomprise: firstly, pulverizing and uniformly mixing each group of shalesamples and dividing them into a required number of parts, and thenperforming compaction processing under twice the simulation pressure.Subsequently, the second thermal simulation experiment may be performedusing the processed samples. In this way, the variation of the shale inthe stratum environment can be more accurately simulated, so as toobtain more accurate result data.

In one embodiment, during implementation, obtaining, according to eachgroup of second thermal simulation experiments, the oil output quantity,the gas output quantity, the second retained oil quantity and the secondretained gas quantity under corresponding preset temperature maycomprise: according to a method similar to that for the first thermalsimulation experiment, measuring an oil output quantity, a gas outputquantity, a retained oil quantity and a retained gas quantity of theshale in a reaction kettle of each group of second thermal simulationexperiments at the preset temperature point, respectively, as the oiloutput quantity, the gas output quantity, the second retained oilquantity and the second retained gas quantity under the correspondingpreset temperature.

S14: building an oil output quantity model and a gas output quantitymodel according to the first retained oil quantity, the first retainedgas quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity, the gas outputquantity, the second retained oil quantity and the second retained gasquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature.

In one embodiment, during implementation, building an oil outputquantity model and a gas output quantity model according to the firstretained oil quantity, the first retained gas quantity, the Roparameter, the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, the secondretained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature may comprise:

S14-1: determining an oil generation quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature according to the oil output quantity and the second retainedoil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groupsof shale samples under each preset temperature; and determining a gasgeneration quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature according to thegas output quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature.

In one embodiment, during implementation, an example of determining anoil generation quantity of a current group under a current presettemperature is taken to describe how to specifically determine an oilgeneration quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature according to theoil output quantity and the second retained oil quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature. Specifically, an oil output quantity and a secondretained oil quantity of the current group of shale samples under thecurrent preset temperature may be added together, and a sum thusobtained is taken as the oil generation quantity of the current group ofshale samples under the current preset temperature. A way of determiningthe gas generation quantity is similar to the above way of determiningthe oil generation quantity. Specifically, a gas output quantity and asecond retained gas quantity of the current group of shale samples underthe current preset temperature may be added together, and a sum thusobtained is taken as the gas generation quantity of the current group ofshale samples under the current preset temperature.

S14-2: building a Ro parameter model according to the Ro parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesunder each preset temperature and an initial Ro parameter of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples.

In one embodiment, during implementation, a data analysis may beperformed for the Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, forexample, a law of variation of the Ro parameter of the shale samplealong with the temperature is analyzed by table-creation or plotting;and then in conjunction with the initial Ro parameter of the shalesample, a Ro parameter model that can accurately represent the variationsituation of the Ro parameter of the shale sample along with thetemperature is built, wherein the Ro parameter model employs thetemperature as an independent variable and the Ro parameter as adependent variable to describe the specific variation of the Roparameter along with the temperature. During the specific use, the Roparameter model may be utilized to determine the Ro parametercorresponding to each temperature.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the Ro parameter model may bebuilt with the following formula:Ro=0.13787e ^(0.005665T)

wherein Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter, and T specificallymay represent a temperature.

S14-3: building an oil generation potential model and a gas generationpotential model according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples, the Ro parameter model, andthe oil generation quantity and the gas generation quantity of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature.

In one embodiment, during implementation, a data analysis may beperformed for the oil generation quantity and the gas generationquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples, and the Ro parameter model, in conjunction with theinitial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples, so as to analyze an influence-variation relationshipbetween the oil generation potential and the Ro parameter, and aninfluence-variation relationship between the gas generation potentialand the Ro parameter; thereby building an oil generation potential modelthat can accurately represent the variation situation of the oilgeneration potential of the shale sample along with the Ro parameter,according to the influence-variation relationship between the oilgeneration potential and the Ro parameter, and building a gas generationpotential model that can accurately represent the variation situation ofthe gas generation potential of the shale sample along with the Roparameter according to the influence-variation relationship between thegas generation potential and the Ro parameter; wherein the oilgeneration potential specifically may represented as a ratio of an oilgeneration quantity of a shale, which is corresponding to a certainvitrinite reflectance Ro, to a total oil generation quantity of theshale, and the gas generation potential specifically may represented asa ratio of a gas generation quantity of a shale, which is correspondingto a certain vitrinite reflectance Ro, to a total gas generationquantity of the shale; wherein the total oil generation quantityspecifically may refer to a total quantity of oil generated by theimmature shale from the start to the end of an oil generation, andsimilarly, the total gas generation quantity specifically may refer to atotal quantity of gas generated by the immature shale from the start tothe end of a gas generation.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the oil generation potentialmodel may be built with the following formula:Q _(op)=0.01×(a ₁₁ ×e ^(b) ¹¹ ^(×Ro) ×Ro ²)

wherein Q_(op) specifically may represent an oil generation potential,Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter, a₁₁ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 11, and b₁₁specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 11.

In one embodiment, a₁₁ and b₁₁ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₁₁ may be setto 8602.3, and the specific value of b₁₁ may be set to −5.232. Ofcourse, it should be noted that the above specific values are listedonly for the purpose of better describing the embodiment of the presentdisclosure. During implementation, other values may also be selectedbased on the specific conditions as the first-class constant a₁₁ with areference number of 11 and the second-class constant b₁₁ with areference number of 11, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the gas generation potentialmodel may be built with the following formula:

$Q_{gp} = {0.01 \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {{a_{21} \times {Ro}} + b_{21}} \right) \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.6\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{22} \times {Ro}^{b_{22}} \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(gp) specifically may represent a gas generation potential, Rospecifically may represent a Ro parameter, a₂₁ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 21, a₂₂specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 22, b₂₁ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 21, and b₂₂ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 22.

In one embodiment, a₂₁, a₂₂, b₂₁ and b₂₂ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₂₁ may be setto −121.57, the specific value of a₂₂ may be set to 236.23, the specificvalue of b₂₁ may be set to 203.33, and the specific value of b₂₂ may beset to −6.582. Of course, it should be noted that the above specificvalues are listed only for the purpose of better describing theembodiment of the present disclosure. During implementation, othervalues may also be selected based on the specific conditions as thefirst-class constant a₂₁ with a reference number of 21, the first-classconstant a₂₂ with a reference number of 22, the second-class constantb₂₁ with a reference number of 21, and the second-class constant b₂₂with a reference number of 22, which are not limited herein.

S14-4: building a retained oil proportion model and a retained gasproportion model, according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples, the oil generation quantityand the gas generation quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, thefirst retained oil quantity and the first retained gas quantity of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature, the oil generation potential model, and the gasgeneration potential model.

In one embodiment, during implementation, building a retained oilproportion model and a retained gas proportion model, according to theinitial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples, the oil generation quantity and the gas generationquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature, the first retained oilquantity and the first retained gas quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature, the oil generation potential model, and the gas generationpotential model may comprise:

S1: building an oil generation quantity model according to the oilgeneration potential model, and building a gas generation quantity modelaccording to the gas generation potential model;

S2: building the retained oil proportion model and the retained gasproportion model, according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples, the oil generation quantityand the gas generation quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, thefirst retained oil quantity and the first retained gas quantity of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature, the oil generation quantity model, and the gasgeneration quantity model.

In this embodiment, the oil generation quantity model specifically maybe understood as a mathematical model that represents aninfluence-variation relationship between the oil generation quantity ofthe shale and the Ro parameter, the HC parameter and the TOC parameterof the shale. The gas generation quantity model specifically may beunderstood as a mathematical model that represents aninfluence-variation relationship between the gas generation quantity ofthe shale and the Ro parameter, the HC parameter and the TOC parameterof the shale.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the oil generation quantitymodel may be built with the following formula:

$Q_{og} = {Q_{ogs} \times Q_{op} \times \frac{{TOC}_{t}}{{TOC}_{s}} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}}}$

wherein Q_(og) specifically may represent an oil generation quantity,Q_(ogs) specifically may represent a total quantity of oil that can begenerated by the immature shale sample, Q_(op) represents an oilgeneration potential, TOC_(t) specifically may represent an initialtotal organic carbon content of a shale sample of a target stratum of atarget area to be determined, TOC_(s) specifically may represent aninitial TOC total organic carbon content of the shale sample, HC_(t)specifically may represent an initial hydrocarbon ratio of atomic numberof the shale sample of the target stratum of the target area to bedetermined, and HC_(s) specifically may represent an initial HC HChydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of the shale sample.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the gas generation quantitymodel may be built with the following formula:

$Q_{gg} = {Q_{ggs} \times Q_{gp} \times \frac{{TOC}_{t}}{{TOC}_{s}} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}}}$

wherein Q_(gg) specifically may represent a gas generation quantity,Q_(ggs) specifically may represent a total quantity of gas that can begenerated, Q_(gp) specifically may represent a gas generation potential,TOC_(t) specifically may represent an initial total organic carboncontent of a shale sample of a target stratum of a target area to bedetermined, TOC_(s) specifically may represent an initial TOC_(t) totalorganic carbon content of the shale sample, HC_(t) specifically mayrepresent an initial hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of the shalesample of the target stratum of the target area to be determined, andHC_(s) specifically may represent an initial HC hydrocarbon ratio ofatomic number of the shale sample.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the variation relationshipbetween the retained oil quantity and each parameter may be analyzed inconjunction with the oil generation quantity model, and a retained oilquantity proportion model may be built with the following formula:

$Q_{osp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{o} \times B_{or} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{31} \times {Ro}} + b_{31}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.2\%}} \right) \\{a_{32} \times {Ro}^{b_{32}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.2\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(osp) specifically may represent a retained oil quantityproportion, f(TOC₀)_(o) specifically may represent a shale retained oilquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, B_(or) specifically mayrepresent a ratio of a crude oil volume factor under a stratum pressureof the target area to a crude oil volume factor under a thermalsimulation pressure, Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter,HC_(r) specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of a shalesample of a target stratum of a target area to be determined, HC_(s)specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of a shale sample,a₃₁ specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 31, a₃₂ specifically may represent a first-class constant witha reference number of 32, b₃₁ specifically may represent a second-classconstant with a reference number of 31, and b₃₂ specifically mayrepresent a second-class constant with a reference number of 32.

In this embodiment, the retained oil quantity proportion Q_(osp)specifically may be used to represent a retained oil quantity proportionand an oil generation quantity proportion in the shale, incorrespondence with a certain vitrinite reflectance Ro and the initialTOC parameter.

In one embodiment, a₃₁, a₃₂, b₃₁ and b₃₂ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₃₁ may be setto 0.67014, the specific value of a₃₂ may be set to 0.6464, the specificvalue of b₃, may be set to −0.3530, and the specific value of b₃₂ may beset to −2.0292. Of course, it should be noted that the above specificvalues are listed only for the purpose of better describing theembodiment of the present disclosure. During implementation, othervalues may also be selected based on the specific conditions as thefirst-class constant a₃₁, with a reference number of 31, the first-classconstant a₃₂ with a reference number of 32, the second-class constantb₃₁ with a reference number of 31, and the second-class constant b₃₂with a reference number of 32, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the shale retained oil quantity correctioncoefficient specifically may be understood as a dimensionless parameterrelated to the initial TOC parameter, and during implementation, it maybe calculated with the following formula:

${f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{o} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{c_{11} \times {\ln\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}} + c_{12}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0}} \leq {9\%}} \right) \\{{c_{13} \times {TOC}} + c_{14}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0}} > {9\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein f(TOC₀)_(o) specifically may represent a shale retained oilquantity correction coefficient, TOC specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, c₁₁ specifically may representa third-class constant with a reference number of 11, c₁₂ specificallymay represent a third-class constant with a reference number of 12, c₁₃specifically may represent a third-class constant with a referencenumber of 13, and c₁₄ specifically may represent a third-class constantwith a reference number of 14.

In one embodiment, c₁₁, c₁₂, c₁₃ and c₁₄ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of c₁₁ may be setto −0.8541, the specific value of c₁₂ may be set to 2.8581, the specificvalue of c₁₃ may be set to −0.02057, and the specific value of c₁₄ maybe set to 1.2837. Of course, it should be noted that the above specificvalues are listed only for the purpose of better describing theembodiment of the present disclosure. During implementation, othervalues may also be selected based on the specific conditions as thethird-class constant c₁₁ with a reference number of 11, the third-classconstant c₁₂ with a reference number of 12, the third-class constant c₁₃with a reference number of 13, and the third-class constant c₁₄ with areference number of 14, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, B_(or) specifically may refer to a ratio of a crudeoil volume factor under a stratum pressure of the target area to a crudeoil volume factor under a thermal simulation pressure, and it is also adimensionless parameter. During implementation, this parameter may beobtained through experiments according to “Analysis Method for Oil andGas Reservoir Fluid Property” SY/T 5542-2009.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the variation relationshipbetween the retained gas quantity and each parameter may be analyzed inconjunction with the gas generation quantity model, and a retained gasquantity proportion model may be built with the following formula:

$Q_{gsp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{g} \times {f\left( B_{gi} \right)} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{41} \times {Ro}} + b_{41}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {0.8\%}} \right) \\{a_{42} \times {Ro}^{b_{42}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 0.8\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \right) \\{a_{43} \times {Ro}^{b_{43}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(gsp) specifically may represent a retained gas quantityproportion, f(TOC₀)_(g) specifically may represent a shale retained gasquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, f(B_(gi)) specifically mayrepresent a simulation pressure-based natural gas volume factorcorrection parameter, B_(gi) represents a ratio of a natural gas volumefactor under a stratum pressure of the target area to a natural gasvolume factor under an experimental thermal simulation pressure, Rospecifically may represent a Ro parameter, HC_(t) specifically mayrepresent an initial HC parameter of a shale sample of a target stratumof a target area to be determined, HC_(s) specifically may represent aninitial HC parameter of a shale sample, a₄₁ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 41, a₄₂ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 42, a₄₃specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 43, b₄₁ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 41, b₄₂ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 42, and b₄₃specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 43.

In this embodiment, the retained gas quantity proportion Q_(gsp)specifically may be used to represent a retained gas quantity proportionand a gas generation quantity proportion in the shale, in correspondencewith a certain vitrinite reflectance Ro and the initial TOC parameter.

In one embodiment, a₄₁, a₄₂, a₄₃, b₄₁, b₄₂ and b₄₃ may be understood aspending coefficients, and may be determined based on the geologicalbackground data of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₄₁ may be setto 0.8700, the specific value of a₄₂ may be set to 0.1493, the specificvalue of a₄₃ may be set to 0.3615, the specific value of b₄₁ may be setto −0.6858, the specific value of b₄₂ may be set to 6.8525, and thespecific value of b₄₃ may be set to 5.6626. Of course, it should benoted that the above specific values are listed only for the purpose ofbetter describing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, other values may also be selected based on the specificconditions as the first-class constant a₄₁ with a reference number of41, the first-class constant a₄₂ with a reference number of 42, thefirst-class constant a₄₃ with a reference number of 43, the second-classconstant b₄₁ with a reference number of 41, the second-class constantb₄₂ with a reference number of 42, and the second-class constant b₄₃with a reference number of 43, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the shale retained gas quantity correctioncoefficient specifically may be understood as a dimensionless parameterrelated to the initial TOC parameter, and during implementation, it maybe calculated with the following formula:

${f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{g} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{c_{21} \times {\ln\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}} + c_{22}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0}} \leq {8\%}} \right) \\{{c_{23} \times {TOC}} + c_{24}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0}} > {8\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein f(TOC₀)_(g) specifically may represent a shale retained gasquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, c₂₁ specifically may representa third-class constant with a reference number of 21, c₂₂ specificallymay represent a third-class constant with a reference number of 22, c₂₃specifically may represent a third-class constant with a referencenumber of 23, and c₂₄ specifically may represent a third-class constantwith a reference number of 24.

In one embodiment, c₂₁, c₂₂, c₂₃ and c₂₄ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of c₂₁ may be setto −0.8259, the specific value of c₂₂ may be set to 2.6041, the specificvalue of c₂₃ may be set to −0.01297, and the specific value of c₂₄ maybe set to 1.0250. Of course, it should be noted that the above specificvalues are listed only for the purpose of better describing theembodiment of the present disclosure. During implementation, othervalues may also be selected based on the specific conditions as thethird-class constant c₂₁ with a reference number of 21, the third-classconstant c₂₂ with a reference number of 22, the third-class constant c₂₃with a reference number of 23, and the third-class constant c₂₄ with areference number of 24, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, during implementation, a simulation pressure-basedvolume factor correction parameter may be calculated with the followingformula:

${f\left( B_{gi} \right)} = \frac{P_{f} \times T_{f} \times Z_{s}}{P_{s} \times T_{s} \times Z_{f}}$

wherein f(B_(gi)) specifically may represent a simulation pressure-basednatural gas volume factor correction parameter, P_(f) specifically mayrepresent a stratum pressure of a target area, P specifically mayrepresent a thermal simulation pressure, T_(f) specifically mayrepresent a stratum temperature of the target area, T specifically mayrepresent a simulation temperature, Z_(f) specifically may represent anatural gas deviation factor of a stratum of the target area, and Z_(s)specifically may represent a retained natural gas deviation factor inthe thermal simulation experiment, wherein f(B_(gi)) may be understoodas a parameter variable, in which B_(gi) represents that f(B_(gi)) isvolume factor-related.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the retained natural gasdeviation factor in the thermal simulation experiment may be calculatedwith the following formula:Z _(s) =c ₃₁ ×RO ^(c) ³²

wherein Z_(s) specifically may represent a retained natural gasdeviation factor in a thermal simulation experiment, Ro specifically mayrepresent a Ro parameter, c₃₁ specifically may represent a third-classconstant with a reference number of 31, and c₃₂ specifically mayrepresent a third-class constant with a reference number of 32.

In one embodiment, c₃₁ and c₃₂ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of c₃₁ may be setto 1.7255, and the specific value of c₃₂ may be set to −0.4846. Ofcourse, it should be noted that the above specific values are listedonly for the purpose of better describing the embodiment of the presentdisclosure. During implementation, other values may also be selectedbased on the specific conditions as the third-class constant c₃₁ with areference number of 31 and the third-class constant c₃₂ with a referencenumber of 31, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the natural gas deviationfactor Z_(f) of the stratum of the target area may be obtained bycalculating according to at least one of “Natural Gas-Calculation ofCompression Factor, Part 1: Introduction and Guidelines” GB/T17747.1-1999, “Natural Gas-Calculation of Compression Factor, Part 2:Calculation Using Molar Composition Analysis” GB/T 17747.2-1999, and“Natural Gas-Calculation of Compression Factor, Part 3: CalculationUsing Physical Properties” GB/T 17747.3-1999.

S14-5: building an oil output quantity proportion model and a gas outputquantity proportion model, according to the retained oil proportionmodel, the retained gas proportion model, and the initial TOC parameter,the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples.

In one embodiment, during implementation, building an oil outputquantity proportion model and a gas output quantity proportion modelaccording to the retained oil proportion model, the retained gasproportion model, and the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples may comprise:

S1: building a retained oil quantity model according to the retained oilproportion model, and building a retained gas quantity model accordingto the retained gas proportion model;

S2: building a total oil quantity model according to the retained oilquantity model and the oil generation quantity model, and building atotal gas quantity model according to the retained gas quantity modeland the gas generation quantity model;

S3: building an oil output quantity proportion model and a gas outputquantity proportion model according to the retained oil quantity model,the retained gas quantity model, the total oil quantity model, the totalgas quantity model, as well as the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the retained oil quantitymodel may be built with the following formula in conjunction with theretained oil quantity proportion model and the oil generation quantitymodel:Q _(os) =Q _(osp) ×Q _(og)wherein Q_(os) specifically may represent a retained oil quantity,Q_(osp) specifically may represent a retained oil quantity proportion,and Q_(og) specifically may represent an oil generation quantity.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the retained gas quantitymodel may be built with the following formula in conjunction with theretained gas quantity proportion model and the gas generation quantitymodel:Q _(gs) =Q _(gsp) ×Q _(gg)

wherein Q_(gs) specifically may represent a retained gas quantity,Q_(gsp) specifically may represent a retained gas quantity proportion,and Q_(gg) specifically may represent a gas generation quantity.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the total oil quantity modelmay be built with the following formula in conjunction with the retainedoil quantity model and the oil generation quantity model:Q _(o) =Q _(og) +Q _(os)wherein Q_(o) specifically may represent a total oil quantity, Q_(og)specifically may represent an oil generation quantity, and Q_(os)specifically may represent a retained oil quantity.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the total gas quantity modelmay be built with the following formula in conjunction with the retainedgas quantity model and the gas generation quantity model:Q _(g) =Q _(gg) +Q _(gs)

wherein Q_(g) specifically may represent a total gas quantity, Q_(gg)specifically may represent a gas generation quantity, and Q_(gs)specifically may represent a retained gas quantity.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the oil output quantityproportion model may be built with the following formula according tothe retained oil quantity model and the total oil quantity model, inconjunction with the initial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter andthe initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples:

$Q_{pop} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{51} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{51}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {6\%}} \right) \\{{a_{52} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{52}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 6\%} \leq {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right) \\{{a_{53} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{53}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pop) specifically may represent an oil output quantityproportion, TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter ofa shale sample, HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameterof the shale sample, a₅₁ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 51, a₅₂ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 52, a₅₃ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 53, b₅₁specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 51, b₅₂ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 52, and b₅₃ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 53.

In this embodiment, the oil output quantity proportion specifically mayrepresent an oil output quantity proportion and an oil generationquantity proportion in the shale, in correspondence with a certainvitrinite reflectance Ro.

In one embodiment, a₅₁, a₅₂, a₅₃, b₅₁, b₅₂ and b₅₃ may be understood aspending coefficients, and may be determined based on the geologicalbackground data of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₅₁ may be setto 0.2376, the specific value of a₅₂ may be set to 0.1530, the specificvalue of a₅₃ may be set to 0.00322, the specific value of b₅₁, may beset to 0.0538, the specific value of b₅₂ may be set to 0.2156, and thespecific value of b₅₃ may be set to 0.5719. Of course, it should benoted that the above specific values are listed only for the purpose ofbetter describing the embodiment of the present disclosure. Duringimplementation, other values may also be selected based on the specificconditions as the first-class constant a₅₁ with a reference number of51, the first-class constant a₅₂ with a reference number of 52, thefirst-class constant a₅₃ with a reference number of 53, the second-classconstant b₅₁ with a reference number of 51, the second-class constantb₅₂ with a reference number of 52, and the second-class constant b₅₃with a reference number of 53, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the gas output quantityproportion model may be built with the following formula according tothe retained gas quantity model and the total gas quantity model, inconjunction with the initial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter andthe initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples:

$Q_{pgp} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{61} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{61}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right) \\{{a_{62} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{62}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pgp) specifically may represent a gas output quantityproportion, TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter ofa shale sample, HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameterof the shale sample, a₆₁ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 61, a₆₂ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 62, b₆₁ specifically mayrepresent a second-class constant with a reference number of 61, and b₆₂specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 62.

In this embodiment, the gas output quantity proportion specifically mayrepresent a gas output quantity proportion and a gas generation quantityproportion in the shale in correspondence with a certain vitrinitereflectance Ro.

In one embodiment, a₆₁, a₆₂, b₆₁ and b₆₂ may be understood as pendingcoefficients, and may be determined based on the geological backgrounddata of the target area and the field observation data duringimplementation. In this embodiment, the specific value of a₆₁ may be setto 0.2117, the specific value of a₆₂ may be set to 0.00388, the specificvalue of b₆₁ may be set to 0.3169, and the specific value of b₆₂ may beset to 0.6310. Of course, it should be noted that the above specificvalues are listed only for the purpose of better describing theembodiment of the present disclosure. During implementation, othervalues may also be selected based on the specific conditions as thefirst-class constant a₆₁ with a reference number of 61, the first-classconstant a₆₂ with a reference number of 62, the second-class constantb₆₁ with a reference number of 61, and the second-class constant b₆₂with a reference number of 62, which are not limited herein.

S14-6: building an oil output quantity model according to the oil outputquantity proportion model, and building a gas output quantity modelaccording to the gas output quantity proportion model.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the oil output quantity modelmay be built with the following formula according to the oil outputquantity proportion model and the total oil quantity model:Q _(po) =Q _(pop) ×Q _(o)

wherein Q_(po) specifically may represent an oil output quantity,Q_(pop) specifically may represent an oil output quantity proportion,and Q_(o) specifically may represent a total oil quantity.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the gas output quantity modelmay be built with the following formula according to the gas outputquantity proportion model and the total gas quantity model:Q _(pg) =Q _(pgp) ×Q _(g)

wherein Q_(pg) specifically may represent a gas output quantity, Q_(pgp)specifically may represent a gas output quantity proportion, and Q_(g)specifically may represent a total gas quantity.

S15: determining an oil output quantity of the target stratum of thetarget area according to the oil output quantity model, and determininga gas output quantity of the target stratum of the target area accordingto the gas output quantity model, wherein the oil output quantity andthe gas output quantity are used for the evaluation of the developmentpotential of the target area.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the oil output quantity of thetarget area may be determined with the oil output quantity model, andthe gas output quantity of the target area may be determined with thegas output quantity model; then, the oil output quantity and the gasoutput quantity may be used as the main reference indexes to predict theoil and gas development effect, i.e., the in-situ conversion effect, ofthe target area, in conjunction with the oil generation quantitydetermined with the oil generation quantity model, the gas generationquantity determined with the gas generation quantity model, the retainedoil quantity determined with the retained oil quantity model, and theretained gas quantity determined with the retained gas quantity model;the development potential of the target area is evaluated according tothe predicted oil and gas development effect, so as to guide thespecific oil and gas development of the target area. For example, if thein-situ conversion effect is found to be poor according to the predictedoil and gas development effect, the target area can be avoided frombeing subjected to the oil and gas development using the in-situconversion technology.

In one embodiment, during implementation, an initial TOC parameter, aninitial Ro parameter and an initial HC parameter of a target area to beevaluated may be collected firstly as input data. An oil output quantityof the target area may be determined by inputting the input data intothe built oil output quantity model; and a gas output quantity of thetarget area may be determined by inputting the input data into the builtgas output quantity model. Similarly, the above input data may beinputted to the previously built oil generation quantity model, gasgeneration quantity model, retained oil quantity model and retained gasquantity model, respectively, to obtain corresponding oil generationquantity, gas generation quantity, retained oil quantity and retainedgas quantity of the target area, respectively; then, the oil and gasdevelopment potentials of the target area can be evaluated morecomprehensively and accurately according to various parameters obtainedbased on the above models, such as the oil output quantity, the gasoutput quantity, the oil generation quantity, the gas generationquantity, the retained oil quantity and the retained gas quantity, so asto more accurately guide the specific oil and gas development andconstruction based on the characteristics of the target area, andimprove oil and gas development efficiency.

As compared with the existing methods, the embodiment of the presentdisclosure introduces and uses multiple parameters such as the retainedoil quantity, the retained gas quantity, the oil output quantity and thegas output quantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gasoutput quantity model, thereby solving the technical problem in theexisting methods that the predicted development potential has a largeerror and a low accuracy, and achieving the technical effect ofcomprehensively considering the mutual influences between multiplefactors, and accurately predicting the development potential of thetarget area through multiple parameters such as the oil output quantityand the gas output quantity.

It should be noted that during implementation, based on the specificconditions and the construction requirements, the method for determiningthe oil output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion and themethod for determining the gas output quantity of the shale oil in-situconversion may be combined in the above way, and the oil output quantitymodel and the gas output quantity model may be built at the same time,thereby determining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantityof the shale oil in-situ conversion in the target area. Of course, basedon the specific conditions and the construction requirements, the methodfor determining the oil output quantity of the shale oil in-situconversion may also be adopted separately to build the oil outputquantity model separately, thereby determining the oil output quantityof the shale oil in-situ conversion in the target area separately; andthe method for determining the gas output quantity of the shale oilin-situ conversion may also be adopted separately to build the gasoutput quantity model separately, thereby determining the gas outputquantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion in the target areaseparately, which are not limited herein.

In one embodiment, the plurality of preset temperatures specifically maycomprise 11 different temperatures in total, i.e., 250° C., 300° C.,320° C., 335° C., 350° C., 360° C., 390° C., 440° C., 500° C., 540° C.and 580° C., wherein the 11 different temperatures are sequentiallycorresponding to 11 important different stages in the oil and gasdevelopment process, respectively, i.e., the oil generation startingstage, the oil generation quantity rapidly increasing stage I, the oilgeneration quantity rapidly increasing stage II, the oil generation peakstage I, the oil generation peak stage II, the oil generation peak stageIII, the oil generation quantity decreasing stage I, the oil generationquantity decreasing stage II, the oil generation quantity basicallyending stage, the gas generation quantity basically ending stage and thegas generation quantity ending stage. In this way, the entire oil andgas development process can be simulated more accurately and completelyto obtain more real data. Of course, it should be noted that theplurality of preset temperatures are listed only for the purpose ofbetter describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, and duringimplementation, the plurality of preset temperatures may also bedesigned based on the specific conditions and the constructionrequirements. Specifically, for example 9 different temperatures may bedesigned as the plurality of preset temperatures to perform thecorresponding first thermal simulation experiments and second thermalsimulation experiments.

In addition, other different temperatures may also be selected as thepreset temperatures to perform the corresponding first thermalsimulation experiments and second thermal simulation experiments, whichare not limited herein.

In one embodiment, after determining the oil output quantity and the gasoutput quantity of the target stratum of the target area, duringimplementation the method may further comprise:

S1: predicting a development potential of the in-situ conversion in thetarget area according to the oil output quantity and/or the gas outputquantity;

S2: guiding an oil and gas development of the target area according tothe development potential.

In this embodiment, during implementation, in order to more accuratelypredict the development potential of the in-situ conversion in thetarget area, a complete and comprehensive analysis may be performedaccording to the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity, inconjunction with the previously determined parameters which influenceeach other, such as the oil generation quantity, the gas generationquantity, the retained oil quantity and the retained gas quantity, so asto more accurately predict the development potential of the in-situconversion in the target area.

In one embodiment, with regard to the target area lacking the immatureshale sample, it is impossible to obtain the initial TOC parameter andthe initial HC parameter of the shale sample just by directly applyingthe method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure. Inorder to promote and apply the method provided by the embodiment of thepresent disclosure to the above target area lacking the immature shalesample, during implementation the method may further comprise:

S1: obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of the target area,wherein not all the shale samples are immature shale samples;

S2: performing TOC recovery processing and HC recovery processing on theplurality of groups of shale samples, respectively, to obtain an initialTOC parameter and an initial HC parameter of the target area.

In one embodiment, the immature (i.e., not mature) shale samplespecifically may be understood as a shale sample in which a Ro parameteris less than 0.5%. In contrast, the non-immature (i.e., mature) shalesample specifically may be understood as a shale sample in which a Roparameter is greater than or equal to 0.5%.

It is often impossible to directly obtain the initial TOC parameter andthe initial HC parameter of the non-immature shale sample, which leadsto the inability to accurately determine the oil output quantity and thegas output quantity of the target area by directly applying the methodfor determining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity ofthe shale oil in-situ conversion provided by the disclosure of thepresent disclosure. In order to accurately determine the oil outputquantity and the gas output quantity of such type of target area toevaluate the development potential of the target area, duringimplementation, a TOC recovery model and an HC recovery model may bebuilt by TOC recovery processing and HC recovery processing,respectively; next, an initial TOC parameter (i.e., an original TOCparameter) of the shale sample is calculated according to the Roparameter and the TOC recovery model of the shale sample; and an initialHC parameter (i.e., an original HC parameter) of the shale sample iscalculated according to the Ro parameter and the HC recovery model ofthe shale sample.

In one embodiment, during implementation, performing TOC recoveryprocessing and HC recovery processing on the plurality of groups ofshale samples, respectively, to obtain an initial TOC parameter and aninitial HC parameter of the target area may comprise:

S1: dividing each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples into a plurality of subsamples.

S2: measuring one of the subsamples in each group of shale samples, toobtain a TOC parameter before recovery, an HC parameter before recovery,and a Ro parameter before recovery.

S3: making remaining subsamples in each group of shale samples into aplurality of kerogens, and performing third thermal simulationexperiments on the plurality of kerogens under a plurality of presettemperatures, to obtain a Ro parameter, an HC parameter and a TOCparameter of each group of shale samples under each preset temperature;wherein the plurality of preset temperatures included by the thirdthermal simulation experiment are the same as those included by thefirst thermal simulation experiment, and a simulation pressure of thethird thermal simulation experiment is the same as that of the firstthermal simulation experiment.

S4: building a TOC recovery model and an HC recovery model according tothe Ro parameter, the HC parameter and the TOC parameter of each groupof shale samples under each preset temperature.

S5: calculating an initial TOC parameter with the TOC recovery modelaccording to the Ro parameter of the shale sample, and calculating theinitial HC parameter with the HC recovery model according to the Roparameter of the shale sample.

In one embodiment, during implementation, a TOC parameter correspondingto the Ro parameter recovered to 0.45% through the TOC recoveryprocessing may be used as the initial TOC parameter; and an HC parametercorresponding to the Ro parameter recovered to 0.45% through the HCrecovery processing may be used as the initial HC parameter.

In one embodiment, during implementation, building a TOC recovery modeland an HC recovery model according to the Ro parameter, the HC parameterand the TOC parameter of each group of shale samples under each presettemperature may comprise: analyzing influenced variation situations ofthe TOC parameter and the HC parameter along with the Ro parameteraccording to the Ro parameter model and the obtained Ro parameter, HCparameter and TOC parameter of each group of shale samples under eachpreset temperature; building an HC recovery model (also called as HCevaluation model) representing a mutual influence relationship betweenthe Ro parameter and the HC parameter according to the influencedvariation situations; and building a TOC recovery model (also called asTOC evaluation model) representing a mutual influence relationshipbetween the Ro parameter and the TOC parameter according to theinfluenced variation situations.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the HC parameter model may befirstly built with the following formula:HC=a ₈₁ ×Ro ^(b) ⁸¹

wherein HC specifically may represent an HC parameter of the shalesample, Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter of the shalesample, a₈₁ specifically may represent a first-class constant with areference number of 81, and b₁₈ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 81, wherein thespecific values of the first-class constant a₈₁ with a reference numberof 81 and the second-class constant b₈₁ with a reference number of 81may be determined based on the geological background data of the targetarea and the field observation data. Specifically, the specific valuesof the first-class constant with a reference number of 81 and thesecond-class constant with a reference number of 81 may be determined byreferring to the Value Table of Constants with Reference Number of 81 asshown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Value Table of Constants with Reference Number of 81 Ro ≤ 1.2%Ro > 1.2% HC_(OR) a₈₁ b₈₁ a₈₁ b₈₁ 1.736 1.06711 −0.63738 1.09145−0.80117 1.643 1.02604 −0.61490 1.05445 −0.81246 1.525 0.98009 −0.595291.01271 −0.82665 1.349 0.95348 −0.46050 0.99481 −0.85078 1.150 0.88623−0.34472 0.93228 −0.85146

In one embodiment, during implementation, two parameters, i.e., HC₁ andHC₂, which are anteroposterior-adjacent to the HC parameter beforerecovery and corresponding to the Ro parameter, may be calculated withthe HC parameter model according to the HC parameter before recovery andthe Ro parameter before recovery; next, an initial HC parameter HC₀corresponding to the shale sample is determined with the followingformula, i.e., the HC recovery model, in conjunction with the HCparameter model, according to positional relationships between the HCparameter before recovery and HC₁ and HC₂, as well as initial HCparameters HC_(OR1) and HC_(OR2) corresponding to HC₁ and HC₂,respectively:

${HC}_{0} = {{HC}_{{OR}\; 2} + \frac{{{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} \times \left( {{HC} - {HC}_{2}} \right)} + {{HC}_{{OR}\; 2} \times \left( {{HC}_{1} - {HC}} \right)}}{{HC}_{1} + {HC}_{2}}}$

wherein HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of theshale sample, HC₁ and HC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the HC parameter before recovery,respectively, HC specifically may represent the HC parameter beforerecovery, and HC_(OR1) and HC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialHC parameters corresponding to HC₁ and HC₂, respectively.

In one embodiment, when the obtained HC parameter corresponding to theRo parameter of the shale sample of the target area is greater than HC₁calculated from a top line, during implementation, an initial HCparameter HC₀ corresponding to HC may be calculated with the followingimproved formula (i.e., a first improved HC recovery model) using HC₁and HC₂ calculated from two lower lines corresponding to the Roparameter:

${HC}_{O} = {{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} + \frac{\left( {{HC} - {HC}_{1}} \right) \times \left( {{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {HC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{HC}_{1} - {HC}_{2}}}$

wherein HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of theshale sample, HC₁ and HC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the HC parameter before recovery,respectively, HC specifically may represent the HC parameter beforerecovery, and HC_(OR1) and HC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialHC parameters corresponding to HC₁ and HC₂, respectively.

In one embodiment, when the obtained HC parameter corresponding to theRo parameter of the shale sample of the target area is less than HC₁calculated from a bottom line, during implementation, an initial HCparameter HC₀ corresponding to HC may be calculated with the followingimproved formula (i.e., a second improved HC recovery model) using HC₁and HC₂ calculated from two upper lines corresponding to the Roparameter:

${HC}_{O} = {{HC}_{{OR}\; 2} - \frac{\left( {{HC}_{2} - {HC}} \right) \times \left( {{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {HC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{HC}_{1} - {HC}_{2}}}$

wherein HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of theshale sample, HC₁ and HC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the HC parameter before recovery,respectively, HC specifically may represent the HC parameter beforerecovery, and HC_(OR1) and HC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialHC parameters corresponding to HC₁ and HC₂, respectively.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the TOC parameter model may befirstly built with the following formula:

${TOC} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{91} \times {Ro}^{2}} + {a_{92} \times {Ro}} + a_{93}} & {{Ro} \leq {0.9\%}} \\{a_{94} \times {Ro}^{a_{95}}} & {{0.9\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \\{{a_{96} \times {Ro}^{3}} + {a_{97} \times {Ro}^{2}} + {a_{98} \times {Ro}} + a_{99}} & {{Ro} > {1.6\%}}\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein TOC specifically may represent a TOC parameter of the shalesample, Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter of the shalesample, a₉₁ specifically may represent a first-class constant with areference number of 91, a₉₂ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 92, a₉₃ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 93, a₉₄ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 94, a₉₅specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 95, a₉₆ specifically may represent a first-class constant witha reference number of 96, a₉₇ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 97, a₉₈ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 98, and a₉₉ specificallymay represent a first-class constant with a reference number of 99;wherein the specific values of the above first-class constants with thereference numbers of 91 to 99 may be determined based on the geologicalbackground data of the target area and the field observation data.Specifically, the specific values of the above first-class constantswith the reference numbers of 91 to 99 may be determined by referring tothe Value Table of First-Class Constants with Reference Numbers of 91 to99 as shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Value Table of First-Class Constants with Reference Numbers of91 to 99 TOC_(OR) a₉₁ a₉₂ a₉₃ a₉₄ a₉₅ a₉₆ a₉₇ a₉₈ a₉₉ 0.512 0.43855−0.95987 0.86558 0.35756 −0.17481 −0.00048 0.00451 −0.01433 0.340182.034 −0.06030 −0.98051 2.50603 1.50817 −0.48146 −0.01231 0.11344−0.35053 1.50846 3.495 −1.18195 −0.15482 3.82409 2.55494 −0.65907−0.02800 0.25990 −0.80944 2.58860 5.027 −2.54968 1.24278 5.00040 3.78145−0.67392 −0.05260 0.47806 −1.45386 4.03539 6.436 −4.60952 3.451115.82592 4.80780 −0.71298 −0.06357 0.58765 −1.82381 5.05989 8.509−7.63624 6.86870 6.96110 6.40221 −0.73233 −0.09438 0.86833 −2.676216.91878 13.341 11.81356 10.70850 10.90502 10.06789 −0.75869 −0.146851.34121 −4.11784 10.69317 20.674 −22.56708 21.94670 15.32376 15.18610−0.88752 −0.28999 2.62220 −7.94331 17.01427 25.988 −29.93021 30.2018318.38031 19.27137 −0.86333 −0.34609 3.16814 −9.72239 21.48023

In one embodiment, it is considered that since different types ofkerogens are used for different types of target areas, and differentkerogens have different hydrocarbon production processes during thethird thermal simulation experiment, the TOC parameter model needs to becorrected to obtain a more accurate TOC parameter model. Duringimplementation, a corrected TOC model may be built with the followingformula in conjunction with the above TOC parameter model

${TOC} = {{TOC}_{m} \times \frac{\left( {{HC}_{OR} - {HC}_{Ro}} \right) \times {HN}_{ORN}}{\left( {{HC}_{ORN} - {HC}_{RoN}} \right) \times {HC}_{OR}}}$

wherein TOC_(m) specifically may represent a shale TOC measured value(i.e., a TOC parameter before recovery) corresponding to the Roparameter of the target area, TOC specifically may represent a correctedTOC parameter, HC_(0R) specifically may represent an initial HCparameter of the shale of the target area, HC_(Ro) specifically mayrepresent an HC measured value (i.e., an HC parameter before recovery)corresponding to the Ro parameter of the target area, and HC_(ORN)specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of the shale obtainedbased on the TOC parameter model. In this embodiment, the specific valueof HC_(ORN) may be set to 1.5326.

In one embodiment, during implementation, two TOC parameters, i.e., TOC₁and TOC₂, which are anteroposterior-adjacent to the TOC parameter of thetarget area before recovery and corresponding to the Ro parameter of thetarget area, may be calculated with the corrected TOC model; next, aninitial TOC parameter of the shale sample is determined with thefollowing formula, i.e., the TOC recovery model according to positionalrelationships between the TOC parameter before recovery and TOC₁ andTOC₂, as well as initial TOC parameters TOC_(OR1) and TOC_(OR2)corresponding to TOC₁ and TOC₂:

${TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} + \frac{\begin{matrix}{{{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} \times \left( {{TOC} - {TOC}_{2}} \right)} +} \\{{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} \times \left( {{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}} \right)}\end{matrix}}{{TOC}_{1} + {TOC}_{2}}}$

wherein TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter of ashale sample, TOC₁ and TOC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the TOC parameter before recovery,respectively, TOC specifically may represent the TOC parameter beforerecovery, and TOC_(OR1) and TOC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialTOC parameters corresponding to TOC₁ and TOC₂, respectively.

In one embodiment, when the obtained TOC corresponding to the Roparameter of the target area is greater than TOC₁ calculated from a topline, during implementation, an initial TOC parameter TOC_(O) of theshale sample may be calculated with the following improved formula(i.e., a first improved TOC recovery model) using TOC₁ and TOC₂calculated from two lower lines corresponding to the Ro parameter:

${TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} + \frac{\left( {{TOC} - {TOC}_{1}} \right) \times \left( {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {TOC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}_{2}}}$

wherein TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter of ashale sample, TOC₁ and TOC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the TOC parameter before recovery,respectively, TOC specifically may represent the TOC parameter beforerecovery, and TOC_(OR1) and TOC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialTOC parameters corresponding to TOC₁ and TOC₂, respectively.

In one embodiment, when the obtained TOC corresponding to the Roparameter of the target area is less than TOC₁ calculated from a bottomline, during implementation, an initial TOC parameter TOC_(O) of theshale sample may be calculated with the following improved formula(i.e., a second improved TOC recovery model) using TOC₁ and TOC₂calculated from two upper lines corresponding to the Ro parameter:

${TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} - \frac{\left( {{TOC}_{2} - {TOC}} \right) \times \left( {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {TOC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}_{2}}}$

wherein TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter of ashale sample, TOC₁ and TOC₂ specifically may represent two parametersanteroposterior-adjacent to the TOC parameter before recovery,respectively, TOC specifically may represent the TOC parameter beforerecovery, and TOC_(OR1) and TOC_(OR2) specifically may represent initialTOC parameters corresponding to TOC₁ and TOC₂, respectively.

This embodiment may be not limited to the type of the shale sample byadopting the TOC recovery model and the HC recovery model provided bythe embodiments of the present disclosure. That is to say, even if theshale sample of the target area is not an immature shale sample, themethod for determining the oil output quantity and the gas outputquantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion provided by the embodimentsof the present disclosure may also be promoted and applied to determinethe oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the target area,thereby determining the oil and gas development potentials of the targetarea. Specifically, the Ro parameter of the target area, as well as theTOC parameter and the HC parameter of the target area before recoverycorresponding to the Ro parameter may be collected firstly; next, theinitial TOC parameter and the initial HC parameter may be obtained bythe TOC recovery processing and the HC recovery processing using the TOCrecovery model and the HC recovery model, or using the improved TOCrecovery model and the improved HC recovery model, according to thecollected Ro parameter of the target area as well as the TOC parameterand the HC parameter of the target area before recovery corresponding tothe Ro parameter; then, the oil output quantity and the gas outputquantity of the target area are determined using the initial TOCparameter and the initial HC parameter, according to the method fordetermining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of theshale oil in-situ conversion provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure; and finally, the oil and gas development potentials of thetarget area are evaluated according to the oil output quantity and thegas output quantity.

As can be seen from the above description, the method for determiningthe oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oilin-situ conversion provided by the embodiments of the present disclosureintroduces and uses multiple parameters such as the retained oilquantity, the retained gas quantity, the oil output quantity and the gasoutput quantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gasoutput quantity model, thereby solving the technical problem in theexisting methods that the predicted development potential has a largeerror and a low accuracy, and achieving the technical effect ofcomprehensively considering the mutual influences between multiplefactors, and accurately predicting the development potential of thetarget area through multiple parameters such as the oil output quantityand the gas output quantity. The above method further introduces the TOCrecovery processing and the HC recovery processing, to achieve thetechnical effect of quickly and simply determining the oil outputquantities and the gas output quantities of the shale oil in-situconversions in various types of areas having different Ro parameters.The above method also performs the second thermal simulation experimentemploying the simulation pressure as the in-situ conversion pressure, soas to simulate the specific in-situ conversion process, and accuratelydetermine multiple parameters such as the oil output quantity, the gasoutput quantity, the oil generation quantity, the gas generationquantity, the retained oil quantity and the retained gas quantity underthe in-situ conversion conditions, thereby accurately predicting thein-situ conversion-based development potential of the target area.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiments of the presentdisclosure further provide an apparatus for determining an oil outputquantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion, asdescribed in the following embodiments. As the above apparatus solvesthe problem in a principle similar to that adopted by correspondingmethod for determining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantityof a shale oil in-situ conversion, the implementations of the apparatusmay refer to the implementations of the corresponding method, and therepeated contents will be omitted. The term “unit” or “module” as usedhereinafter may be a combination of software and/or hardware that canrealize a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described inthe following embodiments is preferably implemented by software,hardware or a combination of software and hardware is also possible andconceivable. Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates a compositionstructure diagram of an apparatus for determining an oil output quantityand a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided byan embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus specifically maycomprise: an obtaining module 21, a measuring module 22, a firstdetermining module 23, a building module 24, and a second determiningmodule 25. The structure will be specifically described below.

The obtaining module 21 specifically may be configured to obtain aplurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum of a targetarea, wherein the shale samples are immature shale samples.

The measuring module 22 specifically may be configured to measure theplurality of groups of shale samples to obtain an initial TOC parameter,an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HC parameter of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples.

The first determining module 23 specifically may be configured todetermine, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, afirst retained oil quantity, a first retained gas quantity, a Roparameter, an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity, a secondretained oil quantity, and a second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature.

The building module 24 specifically may be configured to build an oiloutput quantity model and a gas output quantity model according to thefirst retained oil quantity, the first retained gas quantity, the Roparameter, the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, the secondretained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature.

The second determining module 25 specifically may be configured todetermine an oil output quantity of the target stratum of the targetarea according to the oil output quantity model, and determine a gasoutput quantity of the target stratum of the target area according tothe gas output quantity model.

In one embodiment, in order to determine, according to the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, a first retained oil quantity, a first retainedgas quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity, a gas outputquantity, a second retained oil quantity, and a second retained gasquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature, the first determiningmodule 23 specifically may comprise:

a first determining unit which specifically may be configured to performa first thermal simulation experiment on each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples to determine the first retainedoil quantity, the first retained gas quantity, and the Ro parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samplesunder each preset temperature, wherein a simulation pressure of thefirst thermal simulation experiment is a stratum pressure, and the firstthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures;

a second determining unit which specifically may be configured toperform a second thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine the oiloutput quantity, the gas output quantity, the second retained oilquantity and the second retained gas quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the second thermalsimulation experiment is an in-situ conversion pressure, the secondthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, and the pluralityof preset temperatures included by the second thermal simulationexperiment are the same as those included by the first thermalsimulation experiment.

In one embodiment, in order to build an oil output quantity model and agas output quantity model according to the first retained oil quantity,the first retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil outputquantity, the gas output quantity, the second retained oil quantity andthe second retained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, thebuilding module 24 specifically may comprise:

a third determining unit which specifically may be configured todetermine an oil generation quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureaccording to the oil output quantity and the second retained oilquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature; and determine a gasgeneration quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature according to thegas output quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature;

a first building unit which specifically may be configured to build a Roparameter model, according to the Ro parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature and an initial Ro parameter of each group of shale samplesin the plurality of groups of shale samples;

a second building unit which specifically may be configured to build anoil generation potential model and a gas generation potential model,according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and theinitial HC parameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, the Ro parameter model, and the oil generationquantity and the gas generation quantity of each group of shale samplesin the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature;

a third building unit which specifically may be configured to build aretained oil proportion model and a retained gas proportion model,according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and theinitial HC parameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, the oil generation quantity and the gasgeneration quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, the firstretained oil quantity and the first retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature, the oil generation potential model, and the gasgeneration potential model;

a fourth building unit which specifically may be configured to build anoil output quantity proportion model and a gas output quantityproportion model, according to the retained oil proportion model, theretained gas proportion model, as well as the initial TOC parameter, theinitial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;

a fifth building unit which specifically may be configured to build anoil output quantity model according to the oil output quantityproportion model, and build a gas output quantity model according to thegas output quantity proportion model.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the second building unit maybuild the oil generation potential model with the following formula:Q _(op)=0.01×(a ₁₁ ×e ^(b) ¹¹ ^(×Ro) ×Ro ²)

wherein Q_(op) specifically may represent an oil generation potential,Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter, a₁₁ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 11, and b₁₁specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 11.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the second building unit maybuild the gas generation potential model with the following formula:

$Q_{gp} = {0.01 \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {{a_{21} \times {Ro}} + b_{21}} \right) \times {Ro}^{0.5}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.6\%}} \right) \\{a_{22}{Ro}^{b_{22}} \times {Ro}^{0.5}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(gp) specifically may represent a gas generation potential, Rospecifically may represent a Ro parameter, a₂₁ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 21, a₂₂specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 22, b₂₁ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 21, and b₂₂ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 22.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the third building unit maybuild the retained oil quantity proportion model with the followingformula:

$Q_{osp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{o} \times B_{or} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{31} \times {Ro}} + b_{31}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.2\%}} \right) \\{a_{32} \times {Ro}^{b_{32}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.2\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(osp) specifically may represent a retained oil quantityproportion, f(TOC₀)_(o) specifically may represent a shale retained oilquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, B_(or) specifically mayrepresent a ratio of a crude oil volume factor under a stratum pressureof the target area to a crude oil volume factor under a thermalsimulation pressure, Ro specifically may represent a Ro parameter,HC_(t) specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of a shalesample of a target stratum of a target area to be determined, HC_(s)specifically may represent an initial HC parameter of a shale sample,a₃₁ specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 31, a₃₂ specifically may represent a first-class constant witha reference number of 32, b₃₁ specifically may represent a second-classconstant with a reference number of 31, and b₃₂ specifically mayrepresent a second-class constant with a reference number of 32.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the third building unit maybuild the retained gas quantity proportion model with the followingformula:

$Q_{gsp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{g} \times {f\left( B_{gi} \right)} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{41} \times {Ro}} + b_{41}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {0.8\%}} \right) \\{a_{42} \times {Ro}^{b_{42}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 0.8\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \right) \\{a_{43} \times {Ro}^{b_{43}}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.}$

wherein Q_(gsp) specifically may represent a retained gas quantityproportion, f(TOC₀)_(g) specifically may represent a shale retained gasquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ specifically may represent aninitial TOC parameter of a shale sample, f(B_(gi)) specifically mayrepresent a simulation pressure-based natural gas volume factorcorrection parameter, B_(gi) represents a ratio of a natural gas volumefactor under a stratum pressure of the target area to a natural gasvolume factor under an experimental thermal simulation pressure, Rospecifically may represent a Ro parameter, HC_(t) specifically mayrepresent an initial HC parameter of a shale sample of a target stratumof a target area to be determined, HC_(s) specifically may represent aninitial HC parameter of a shale sample, a₄₁ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 41, a₄₂ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 42, a₄₃specifically may represent a first-class constant with a referencenumber of 43, b₄₁ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 41, b₄₂ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 42, and b₄₃specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 43.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the fourth building unit maybuild the oil output quantity proportion model with the followingformula:

$Q_{pop} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{51} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{51}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {6\%}} \right) \\{{a_{52} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{52}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 6\%} \leq {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right) \\{{a_{53} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{53}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pop) specifically may represent an oil output quantityproportion, TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter ofa shale sample, HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameterof the shale sample, a₅₁ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 51, a₅₂ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 52, a₅₃ specifically mayrepresent a first-class constant with a reference number of 53, b₅₁specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 51, b₅₂ specifically may represent a second-class constantwith a reference number of 52, and b₅₃ specifically may represent asecond-class constant with a reference number of 53.

In one embodiment, during implementation, the fourth building unit maybuild the gas output quantity proportion model with the followingformula:

$Q_{pgp} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{61} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{61}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right) \\{{a_{62} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{62}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$

wherein Q_(pgp) specifically may represent a gas output quantityproportion, TOC₀ specifically may represent an initial TOC parameter ofa shale sample, HC₀ specifically may represent an initial HC parameterof the shale sample, a₆₁ specifically may represent a first-classconstant with a reference number of 61, a₆₂ specifically may represent afirst-class constant with a reference number of 62, b₆₁ specifically mayrepresent a second-class constant with a reference number of 61, and b₆₂specifically may represent a second-class constant with a referencenumber of 62.

In one embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise a recoveringmodule, wherein during implementation, the recovering module may performTOC recovery processing and HC recovery processing on the shale samplehaving a Ro parameter greater than or equal to 0.5% to obtain theinitial TOC parameter and the initial HC parameter, so as to promote andapply the built oil output quantity model and gas output quantity modelto various types of areas having different Ro parameters, therebyquickly and simply determining the oil output quantities and the gasoutput quantities of the various types of areas having different Roparameters, and performing corresponding development potentialevaluations.

In one embodiment, the apparatus may further comprise a constructionmodule which specifically may be configured to predict a developmentpotential of the in-situ conversion in the target area according to theoil output quantity and/or the gas output quantity; and guide an oil andgas development of the target area according to the developmentpotential.

The embodiments herein are all described in a progressive manner, andthe same or similar portions of the embodiments can refer to each other.Each embodiment lays an emphasis on its distinctions from otherembodiments. In particular, the system embodiment is simply describedsince it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, and pleaserefer to the description of the method embodiment for the relevantportion.

It should be noted that any system, apparatus, module or unit set forthin the embodiments specifically may be implemented by a computer chip oran entity, or by a product having a certain function. For theconvenience of description, herein the apparatus is described by beingdivided into various units based on its functions and describedrespectively. Of course, the functions of the various unit may berealized in the same one or more software and/or hardware when thepresent disclosure is implemented.

In addition, herein the adjectives such as “first” and “second” can onlybe used to distinguish one element or action from another element oraction, without necessarily requiring or implying any actual suchrelationship or order. Where the context permits, the reference elementor component or step (or the like) should not be construed as beinglimited to only one of the elements, components, or steps, but may beone or more of the elements, components, or steps.

As can be seen from the above description, the apparatus for determiningthe oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oilin-situ conversion provided by the embodiments of the present disclosureintroduces and uses, by the first determining module and the buildingmodule, multiple parameters such as the retained oil quantity, theretained gas quantity, the oil output quantity and the gas outputquantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gas outputquantity model, thereby solving the technical problem in the existingmethods that the predicted development potential has a large error and alow accuracy, and achieving the technical effect of comprehensivelyconsidering the mutual influences between multiple factors, andaccurately predicting the development potential of the target areathrough multiple parameters such as the oil output quantity and the gasoutput quantity. The above apparatus further introduces, by therecovering module, the TOC recovery processing and the HC recoveryprocessing, to achieve the technical effect of quickly and simplydetermining the oil output quantities and the gas output quantities ofthe shale oil in-situ conversions in various types of areas havingdifferent Ro parameters. The above apparatus also performs, by the firstdetermining module, the second thermal simulation experiment employingthe simulation pressure as the in-situ conversion pressure, so as tosimulate the specific in-situ conversion process, and accuratelydetermine multiple parameters such as the oil output quantity, the gasoutput quantity, the oil generation quantity, the gas generationquantity, the retained oil quantity and the retained gas quantity underthe in-situ conversion conditions, thereby accurately predicting thein-situ conversion-based development potential of the target area.

It should be noted that during implementation, based on the specificconditions and the construction requirements, the apparatus fordetermining the oil output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversionand the apparatus for determining the gas output quantity of the shaleoil in-situ conversion may be combined in the above way, and the oiloutput quantity model and the gas output quantity model may be built atthe same time by the apparatus for determining the oil output quantityand the gas output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion, therebydetermining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of theshale oil in-situ conversion in the target area. Of course, based on thespecific conditions and the construction requirements, the apparatus fordetermining the oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of theshale oil in-situ conversion may also be adopted as the apparatus fordetermining the oil output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion,to build the oil output quantity model separately, thereby determiningthe oil output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion in thetarget area separately; and the apparatus for determining the gas outputquantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversionmay also be adopted as the apparatus for determining the gas outputquantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion, to build the gas outputquantity model separately, thereby determining the gas output quantityof the shale oil in-situ conversion in the target area separately, whichare not limited herein.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronicdevice, please refer to FIG. 3, which illustrates a compositionstructure diagram of an electronic device based on a method fordetermining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shaleoil in-situ conversion provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The electronic device specifically may comprise an inputdevice 31, a processor 32 and a memory 33, wherein the input device 31specifically may be configured to input a plurality of groups of shalesamples of a target stratum of a target area, wherein the shale samplesare immature shale samples. The processor 32 specifically may beconfigured to measure the plurality of groups of shale samples to obtainan initial TOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples; determine, according to the plurality of groups of shalesamples, a first retained oil quantity, a first retained gas quantity, aRo parameter, an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity, a secondretained oil quantity, and a second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature; build an oil output quantity model and a gas outputquantity model according to the first retained oil quantity, the firstretained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity, thegas output quantity, the second retained oil quantity and the secondretained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature; determine an oiloutput quantity of the target stratum of the target area according tothe oil output quantity model, and determine a gas output quantity ofthe target stratum of the target area according to the gas outputquantity model. The memory 33 specifically may be configured to storethe shale samples inputted by the input device 31, intermediate datagenerated in the process of determining the oil output quantity and thegas output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion of the targetstratum of the target area, such as the first retained oil quantity, thefirst retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity,the gas output quantity, the second retained oil quantity and the secondretained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, and the builtmodels such as the gas output quantity model and the oil output quantitymodel.

In this embodiment, the input device specifically may be one of the maindevices for information exchange between the user and the computersystem. The input device may include a keyboard, a mouse, a camera, ascanner, a light pen, a handwriting input board, a voice input device,and the like; the input device is configured to input original data anda program for processing the same into a computer. The input device mayalso obtain and receive data transmitted from other modules, units, anddevices. The processor may be implemented in any suitable manner. Forexample, the processor may take a form such as a microprocessor or aprocessor, a computer readable medium storing computer readable programcodes (e.g. software or firmware) executable by the (micro)processor, alogic gate, a switch, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC),a programmable logic controller, or an embedded microcontroller. Thememory specifically may be a memory device for storing information inthe modern information technology. The memory may include multiplelevels: in a digital system, any means capable of saving the binary datamay be a memory; in an integrated circuit, a circuit having a storagefunction but without a physical form is also called as a memory, such asRAM, FIFO, etc.; and in a system, a storage device with a physical formis also called as a memory, such as a memory bank, a TF card, etc.

In this embodiment, the functions and effects specifically achieved bythe electronic device can be explained with reference to otherembodiments, and they are omitted herein.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computerstorage medium based on the method for determining the oil outputquantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oil in-situconversion. The computer storage medium stores computer programinstructions which, when executed, obtain a plurality of groups of shalesamples of a target stratum of a target area, wherein the shale samplesare immature shale samples; measure the plurality of groups of shalesamples to obtain an initial TOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, andan initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples; determine, according to the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, a first retained oil quantity, a first retainedgas quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity, a gas outputquantity, a second retained oil quantity, and a second retained gasquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature; build an oil outputquantity model and a gas output quantity model according to the firstretained oil quantity, the first retained gas quantity, the Roparameter, the oil output quantity, the gas output quantity, the secondretained oil quantity and the second retained gas quantity of each groupof shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature; determine an oil output quantity of the targetstratum of the target area according to the oil output quantity model;and determine a gas output quantity of the target stratum of the targetarea according to the gas output quantity model.

In this embodiment, the storage medium includes, but not limited to, arandom-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a cache, a harddisk drive (HDD) or a memory card. The memory may be configured to storethe computer program instructions. The network communication unit may bean interface for performing network connection and communicationdisposed according to a standard stipulated by a communication protocol.

In this embodiment, the functions and effects specifically achieved bythe program instructions stored in the computer storage medium can beexplained with reference to other embodiments, and they are omittedherein.

In one specific implementation scenario example, the method andapparatus for determining the oil output quantity and the gas outputquantity of the shale oil in-situ conversion provided by the embodimentsof the present disclosure are applied to predict and evaluate thedevelopment potential of the following target area to be researched. Thespecific implementation process may refer to FIG. 4, which illustrates aflow diagram of an evaluation of a development potential of a targetarea by applying, in a scenario example, a method for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, and maybe performed with reference to the following content:

Step S101: obtaining TOC, HC and Ro of shale samples of a target stratumof a target area to be researched, and recovering an original TOC_(O)(i.e., an initial TOC parameter) and an original HC_(O) (i.e., aninitial HC parameter) of the shale samples.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the samples (i.e., the shalesamples) of the target stratum of the target area to be researchedspecifically may be 9 outcrop-section shale of a Yanchang Formation ofXXX Basin. Specifically, it is possible to dig 8 meters or more belowthe ground to obtain corresponding shale samples and ensure that thosesamples are not weathered. 50 kg samples are collected at each samplingpoint, pulverized into a size of 60 meshes respectively, and mixeduniformly, while each group of samples are divided into 24 parts (i.e.,subsamples). In which, one sample is taken from each group of samples tomeasure TOC, HC and Ro of the shale sample. For the detail, please referto the Table of Characteristic Parameters of Shale Samples of TargetArea to be Researched, as shown in Table 3. It should be added that inthe table, the TOC parameter specifically may be measured according to anational standard “Determination of Total Organic Carbon in SedimentaryRock” GB/T 19145-2003; the HC parameter specifically may be measuredaccording to an industrial standard “Geochemical Evaluation Method forTerrestrial Hydrocarbon Source Rocks” SYT 5735-1995; and the Roparameter specifically may be measured according to an industrialstandard “Determination Method for Vitrinite Reflectance in SedimentaryRocks” SY/T 5124-2012. For the non-immature shale sample, its originalTOC_(O) and original HC_(O) may be obtained by recovery processingaccording to the subsequent methods of TOC recovery processing and HCrecovery processing.

TABLE 3 Table of Characteristic Parameters of Shale Samples of TargetArea to be Researched Sample No. No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No.7 No. 8 No. 9 TOC(%) 0.512 2.034 3.495 5.027 6.436 8.509 13.341 20.67425.988 HC 1.563 1.488 1.547 1.518 1.524 1.507 1.512 1.577 1.557 Ro(%)0.431 0.458 0.474 0.469 0.473 0.467 0.481 0.468 0.482

Step S102: performing thermal simulation experiments (i.e., firstthermal simulation experiments) on the shale samples of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched, wherein the thermalsimulation experiments are one group of semi-open system thermalsimulation experiments for which a stratum pressure and a plurality ofdifferent preset temperatures are set, so as to obtain retained oilquantities (i.e., first retained oil quantities), retained gasquantities (i.e., first retained gas quantities), Ro, TOC and HC of thegroup of samples under different preset temperatures after thermalsimulation.

In this embodiment, during implementation, firstly the conventionalrapid semi-open thermal simulation experiments may be adopted to obtainthe rough temperature ranges of 11 points as the preset temperatures,wherein the 11 points are corresponding to an oil generation startingstage, an oil generation quantity rapidly increasing stage I, an oilgeneration quantity rapidly increasing stage II, an oil generation peakstage I, an oil generation peak stage II, an oil generation peak stageIII, an oil generation quantity decreasing stage I, an oil generationquantity decreasing stage II, an oil generation quantity basicallyending stage, a gas generation quantity basically ending stage and a gasgeneration quantity ending stage, respectively; next, the presettemperatures are adopted to preset the test endpoint temperature of eachsemi-open system thermal simulation experimental group. Specifically,the selected temperatures may be 250° C., 300° C., 320° C., 335° C.,350° C., 360° C., 390° C., 440° C., 500° C., 540° C. and 580° C.,respectively.

In this embodiment, when a thermal simulation experiment is specificallyperformed, a reaction kettle pressure (i.e., a simulation pressure) maybe preset as a hydrostatic pressure when the stratum pressurecoefficient of the target stratum of the target area to be researched is1.3; correspondingly, a hydrocarbon expulsion threshold pressure may bepreset as a hydrostatic pressure when the stratum pressure coefficientis 1.1; and 11 reaction kettle preset temperature points may be 250° C.,300° C., 320° C., 335° C., 350° C., 360° C., 390° C., 440° C., 500° C.,540° C. and 580° C., respectively.

In this embodiment, during implementation, in 11 semi-open systemthermal simulation experiments, the temperature programming may beadopted, the temperature increasing rate specifically may be set to 2°C. per day, and when the temperature is increased to the presettemperature, the hydrocarbon expulsion threshold pressure is decreasedto a pressure when the stratum pressure coefficient of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched is 1.3, and then thetemperature is maintained for 50 days.

In this embodiment, the adopted samples are shale samples which areuniformly mixed, and then compacted under twice the simulation pressurefor 2 days.

In this embodiment, after the respective simulation experiments arefinished, the oil quantity and the gas quantity of the samples in thereaction kettle specifically may be corresponding to the retained oilquantity and the retained gas quantity of the shale at the presettemperature point. In which, the retained oil quantity may be obtainedby an organic solvent extraction method; the retained gas quantity maybe measured according to a standard “Shale Gas Content DeterminationMethod” SY/T 6940-2103; the shale vitrinite reflectance Ro after eachthermal simulation experiment may be measured according to an industrialstandard “Determination Method for Vitrinite Reflectance in SedimentaryRocks” SY/T 5124-2012; the shale HC after each thermal simulationexperiment may be measured according to an industrial standard“Geochemical Evaluation Method for Terrestrial Hydrocarbon Source Rocks”SYT 5735-1995; and the shale TOC after each thermal simulationexperiment may be measured according to a national standard“Determination of Total Organic Carbon In Sedimentary Rock” GB/T19145-2003.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the thermal simulationexperiments may be performed on the collected 9 groups of shale sampleshaving different TOC, respectively, to obtain the retained oilquantities, the retained gas quantities, HC and Ro of the shale sampleshaving different TOC under different preset temperatures. For thedetail, please refer to the thermal simulation experiment results ofshale samples of the target stratum of the target area to be researchedunder different preset temperatures, as shown in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Thermal Simulation Experiment Results of Shale Samples of TargetStratum of Target Area to Be Researched Under Different PresetTemperatures Sample No. Temperature Parameter (° C.) Ro(%) No. 1 No. 2No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 Q_(og) 250 0.575 2.720510.4036 18.2785 26.1739 33.1837 42.8581 67.4247 110.0879 135.5494 3000.750 2.5651 9.7128 17.3383 24.7811 32.1131 40.9409 66.1071 104.9531130.4045 320 0.830 2.0817 7.7876 14.3112 20.1294 25.6990 33.6622 51.903985.0025 104.3467 335 0.928 1.5412 5.9424 10.4492 14.9201 19.1045 25.099939.8415 64.3997 79.1449 350 0.990 1.2836 4.8164 8.7978 12.1535 15.703520.5491 32.1332 53.1982 64.5346 360 1.058 1.0225 3.8444 6.9321 9.691112.5724 16.3199 25.5968 42.2959 51.5634 390 1.260 0.5108 1.9015 3.44934.9097 6.3244 8.2269 12.9551 20.9199 25.7870 440 1.675 0.1023 0.38430.6832 0.9618 1.2678 1.6558 2.6099 4.1854 5.1590 500 2.364 0.0055 0.02110.0371 0.0531 0.0678 0.0902 0.1383 0.2260 0.2844 540 2.974 0.0004 0.00140.0024 0.0034 0.0044 0.0058 0.0090 0.0145 0.0180 580 3.624 0.0000 0.00010.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0003 0.0004 0.0007 0.0009 Q_(gg) 250 0.575 0.81653.0947 5.3931 7.7086 9.8010 12.8124 20.2789 32.7123 40.6043 300 0.7500.7844 2.9463 5.3232 7.6070 9.6254 12.6207 19.8942 31.8365 40.2725 3200.830 0.7596 2.8535 5.1602 7.1933 9.2199 11.9923 18.8092 31.1718 38.3866335 0.928 0.7049 2.6904 4.7788 6.7819 8.7102 11.3978 17.6819 28.379335.7970 350 0.990 0.6621 2.5373 4.4751 6.4151 8.1736 10.5672 16.775926.9800 33.6242 360 1.058 0.6153 2.3205 4.2473 5.9028 7.5506 10.069815.6536 25.0743 31.8152 390 1.260 0.4512 1.7482 3.0469 4.3114 5.62667.2166 11.4795 18.7038 23.1009 440 1.675 0.0825 0.3138 0.5624 0.79421.0099 1.3295 2.0623 3.3975 4.1920 500 2.364 0.0102 0.0384 0.0686 0.09880.1237 0.1654 0.2570 0.4151 0.5183 540 2.974 0.0025 0.0094 0.0170 0.02400.0313 0.0410 0.0641 0.1015 0.1281 580 3.624 0.0008 0.0029 0.0051 0.00730.0094 0.0122 0.0192 0.0314 0.0381 Q_(os) 250 0.575 0.3037 0.7267 1.04141.2236 1.3207 1.4057 2.1713 3.1572 3.3436 300 0.750 1.3122 3.1532 4.62385.2983 5.9696 6.1414 9.5719 13.8769 14.4618 320 0.830 1.4480 3.42415.0359 5.8404 6.4573 6.7090 10.5403 14.7703 15.9426 335 0.928 1.45023.4463 5.0740 5.6873 6.3899 6.6323 10.4097 14.7941 15.6648 350 0.9901.3790 3.2543 4.7482 5.4518 6.0821 6.3575 9.6923 14.2793 15.2278 3601.058 1.2671 2.9636 4.3807 4.9594 5.5998 5.7543 9.0144 12.8231 14.0062390 1.260 0.6990 1.6595 2.4431 2.7826 3.0890 3.2810 4.9971 7.2383 7.8508440 1.675 0.0787 0.1901 0.2765 0.3153 0.3511 0.3658 0.5765 0.8136 0.8764500 2.364 0.0022 0.0051 0.0076 0.0085 0.0095 0.0101 0.0155 0.0218 0.0235540 2.974 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0006 0.0009 0.0010580 3.624 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000Q_(gs) 250 0.575 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.00000.0000 300 0.750 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.00000.0000 320 0.830 0.1011 0.2459 0.3387 0.3900 0.4201 0.4652 0.6810 0.98171.2004 335 0.928 0.2022 0.4815 0.6733 0.7660 0.8433 0.9404 1.3657 1.97482.4488 350 0.990 0.2934 0.7138 0.9979 1.1525 1.2315 1.3745 2.0223 2.88943.6477 360 1.058 0.4347 1.0520 1.4575 1.6516 1.7969 2.0035 2.9389 4.20735.2276 390 1.260 1.0700 2.5616 3.5598 4.0462 4.4103 4.8591 7.163610.1937 11.5705 440 1.675 1.7470 4.2626 5.9177 6.9098 7.2513 8.266111.8840 17.3936 19.4869 500 2.364 1.5214 3.6785 5.1378 5.9044 6.36567.2120 10.4013 14.8606 16.7322 540 2.974 1.3733 3.3879 4.6283 5.38885.7983 6.3878 9.5123 13.6591 15.4412 580 3.624 1.2936 3.1246 4.29044.9996 5.2361 5.9213 8.6859 12.3846 14.0291 Q_(po) 250 0.575 0.04513.6966 8.9856 13.9259 19.7794 27.0708 45.5984 78.3642 96.9255 300 0.7500.0450 3.6016 8.9520 13.7618 19.3713 26.8334 44.5779 77.4601 95.8303 3200.830 0.0401 3.1581 7.6789 11.8168 16.4342 22.5122 37.0420 64.403181.1379 335 0.928 0.0349 2.6247 6.1719 9.6552 13.1013 17.8031 29.741051.1580 63.8954 350 0.990 0.0307 2.2726 5.3745 8.3275 11.1730 15.079724.8832 42.5444 52.5992 360 1.058 0.0259 1.9192 4.5737 6.9293 9.358512.4429 20.6263 35.8406 43.8954 390 1.260 0.0139 0.9970 2.3667 3.55614.8832 6.3659 10.4954 18.2393 22.0179 440 1.675 0.0021 0.1578 0.38970.6074 0.8355 1.1336 1.8776 3.2233 4.0763 500 2.364 0.0001 0.0072 0.01770.0285 0.0394 0.0566 0.0907 0.1610 0.2009 540 2.974 0.0000 0.0004 0.00110.0017 0.0025 0.0035 0.0057 0.0101 0.0126 580 3.624 0.0000 0.0000 0.00010.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0005 0.0006 Q_(ps) 250 0.575 0.0939 1.23632.9490 4.7727 6.5586 9.4333 15.1888 26.6884 33.3579 300 0.750 0.09141.2044 2.9160 4.5715 6.4857 9.1622 14.7084 25.6640 32.5942 320 0.8300.1003 1.2389 2.9660 4.6638 6.5235 9.0597 14.5351 25.7732 32.5043 3350.928 0.1072 1.2642 2.9597 4.5110 6.3897 8.8164 14.1775 24.9104 31.2917350 0.990 0.1107 1.3262 3.0055 4.6310 6.3027 8.6943 14.1542 24.524930.5940 360 1.058 0.1221 1.3950 3.0257 4.7017 6.2891 8.7275 13.958823.4721 29.5429 390 1.260 0.1743 1.7441 3.5960 5.1575 6.5442 8.771013.7195 22.8861 28.5489 440 1.675 0.2130 1.8791 3.5289 4.6392 5.51236.7762 10.4541 16.4878 19.5004 500 2.364 0.1781 1.5208 2.8693 3.66484.3607 5.2506 7.9112 12.3740 14.1662 540 2.974 0.1611 1.3585 2.58073.2429 3.9006 4.6576 7.1153 10.9504 12.5243 580 3.624 0.1506 1.26062.3603 2.9639 3.5704 4.3422 6.4746 9.9981 11.6609 Ro 250 0.575 0.57390.5512 0.5910 0.5569 0.5853 0.5910 0.5796 0.5739 0.5967 300 0.750 0.78450.7241 0.7619 0.7769 0.7166 0.7845 0.7543 0.7920 0.7468 320 0.830 0.80260.8786 0.8110 0.8364 0.8617 0.8364 0.8533 0.8364 0.8195 335 0.928 0.94730.9289 0.8829 0.8829 0.9197 0.9013 0.9105 0.9289 0.8921 350 0.990 0.98131.0013 1.0313 0.9913 0.9613 0.9713 1.0113 0.9913 1.0213 360 1.058 1.09151.1021 1.0915 1.0279 1.0703 1.1021 1.0279 1.0597 1.0491 390 1.260 1.25601.2308 1.2057 1.2183 1.2811 1.2936 1.2434 1.2308 1.2183 440 1.675 1.68391.7006 1.6672 1.6339 1.6505 1.7006 1.6839 1.6839 1.6672 500 2.364 2.41242.4124 2.4124 2.4124 2.3655 2.3421 2.2953 2.2719 2.2953 540 2.974 2.87902.9965 2.9378 2.8790 2.9378 2.9672 2.9378 2.9378 2.8790 580 3.624 3.75863.7586 3.7218 3.7586 3.7586 3.6849 3.7586 3.6112 3.6481 HC 250 0.5751.3326 1.4029 1.4120 1.3666 1.3787 1.3361 1.3781 1.4094 1.4280 300 0.7501.1381 1.1519 1.1439 1.1704 1.1462 1.1612 1.1462 1.1612 1.1531 320 0.8301.0845 1.0900 1.0736 1.0889 1.0867 1.1063 1.0998 1.0736 1.0780 335 0.9281.0387 1.0356 1.0090 1.0121 1.0346 1.0264 1.0325 1.0090 1.0172 350 0.9900.9915 0.9807 0.9817 0.9718 0.9895 0.9777 0.9846 0.9757 0.9876 360 1.0580.9405 0.9462 0.9510 0.9405 0.9567 0.9576 0.9529 0.9377 0.9614 390 1.2600.8593 0.8542 0.8430 0.8430 0.8619 0.8644 0.8661 0.8653 0.8687 440 1.6750.6747 0.6653 0.6720 0.6760 0.6747 0.6686 0.6753 0.6753 0.6706 500 2.3640.5071 0.5011 0.4981 0.5061 0.4931 0.4941 0.4946 0.4976 0.4986 540 2.9740.4121 0.4125 0.4129 0.4166 0.4051 0.4162 0.4129 0.4080 0.4088 580 3.6240.3483 0.3487 0.3494 0.3445 0.3469 0.3456 0.3445 0.3466 0.3497 TOC 2500.575 0.4821 1.9633 3.3883 4.9061 6.3030 8.3693 13.1258 20.3642 25.6510300 0.750 0.3773 1.7145 3.0209 4.4913 5.8369 7.8798 12.3657 19.271624.4668 320 0.830 0.3648 1.6339 2.8610 4.2451 5.4728 7.3315 11.584517.8718 22.6772 335 0.928 0.3607 1.5607 2.6811 3.9776 5.0782 6.779810.6861 16.2690 20.6351 350 0.990 0.3582 1.5204 2.5798 3.8310 4.86226.4788 10.1925 15.4094 19.5583 360 1.058 0.3563 1.4762 2.4818 3.65904.6407 6.1695 9.6760 14.4997 18.3468 390 1.260 0.3428 1.3337 2.15793.1715 4.0034 5.2951 8.2847 12.1018 15.4965 440 1.675 0.3266 1.18171.8304 2.6942 3.3550 4.4288 6.8686 9.7033 12.4574 500 2.364 0.32511.1511 1.7576 2.5752 3.1926 4.1980 6.5139 9.0593 11.6293 540 2.9740.3248 1.1455 1.7435 2.5563 3.1613 4.1572 6.4466 8.9554 11.4834 5803.624 0.3245 1.1420 1.7358 2.5416 3.1425 4.1322 6.3955 8.8638 11.3822

In this embodiment, it should be added that in Table 4, Q_(og)represents an oil generation quantity, in a unit of 10-3t/t′ rock;Q_(gg) represents a gas generation quantity, in a unit of m3/t′ rock(20° C., 1 standard atmospheric pressure); Q_(os) represents a retainedoil quantity, in a unit of 10-3t/t′ rock; Q_(gs) represents a retainedgas quantity, in a unit of m3/t′ rock (20° C., 1 standard atmosphericpressure); Q_(po) represents an oil output quantity, in a unit of10-3t/t′ rock; Q_(pg) represents a gas output quantity, in a unit ofm3/t′ rock; Ro represents a vitrinite reflectance, in a unit of %; HCrepresents a shale hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number, dimensionless;and TOC represents an organic carbon content, in a unit of %.

In this embodiment, during implementation, a relationship between anaverage Ro of 9 samples and the preset temperature may be builtaccording to the thermal simulation experiments of the shale samples ofthe target stratum of the target area to be researched under differentpreset temperatures, in conjunction with the content of Table 4. For thedetail, please refer to FIG. 5, which illustrates a schematic diagram ofa relationship between a Ro parameter and a shale thermal simulationtemperature obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

Step S103: performing thermal simulation experiments (i.e., secondthermal simulation experiments) on the shale samples of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched, wherein the thermalsimulation experiments are the same group of semi-open system thermalsimulation experiments corresponding to different preset temperatures inStep S102 and for which an in-situ conversion pressure is set, so as toobtain the retained oil quantities (i.e., the second retained oilquantities), the retained gas quantities (i.e., the second retained gasquantities), the oil output quantities, and the gas output quantitiesunder different preset temperatures after thermal simulation, therebyobtaining oil generation quantities and gas generation quantities undercorresponding preset temperatures.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the thermal simulation may becontinued with the same group of shale samples after removal of theretained oil and the retained gas, to obtain an oil generation quantityand a gas generation quantity under a preset temperature. It is alsopossible to obtain the oil generation quantity and the gas generationquantity of the samples after the thermal simulation experiments underall the preset temperatures are ended. It is still possible to performthe thermal simulation experiments on the collected 9 groups of shalesamples having different TOC, respectively, to obtain the oil generationquantities and the gas generation quantities of the shale samples havingdifferent TOC under different preset temperatures.

In this embodiment, the preset reaction kettle pressure (i.e., thesimulation pressure) may be the in-situ conversion pressure of 5 MPa,and the preset hydrocarbon expulsion threshold pressure may be 5 MPa,wherein the preset temperature and the temperature increasing rate ofthe thermal simulation experiment are the same as those in Step S102.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the oil generation quantityand the gas generation quantity after simulation under the first presettemperature may be obtained according to the oil output quantity, thegas output quantity, the retained oil quantity and the retained gasquantity obtained after simulation under the first preset temperature;next, the shale samples of the retained oil and the retained gas areremoved to perform a simulation under a second preset temperature, so asto obtain an oil output quantity, a gas output quantity, a retained oilquantity and a retained gas quantity of the shale under the secondpreset temperature, and then obtain an oil generation quantity and a gasgeneration quantity under the second preset temperature. The rest can bedone in the same manner, and a sum of the oil generation quantitiesobtained under all the preset temperatures may be taken as a total oilquantity to the samples, and a sum of the gas generation quantitiesobtained under all the preset temperatures may be taken as a total gasquantity.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the natural gas deviationfactors under different preset temperatures can be obtained bycalculating according to “Natural Gas-Calculation of Compression Factor,Part 1: Introduction and Guidelines” GB/T 17747.1-1999, or “NaturalGas-Calculation of Compression Factor, Part 2: Calculation Using MolarComposition Analysis” GB/T 17747.2-1999, or “Natural Gas-Calculation ofCompression Factor, Part 3: Calculation Using Physical Properties” GB/T17747.3-1999. In addition, the average values of the 9 samples may beobtained. For the detail, please refer to the Table of Retained GasDeviation Factors of Thermal Simulation Shale Samples, as shown in Table5.

TABLE 5 Table of Retained Gas Deviation Factors of Thermal SimulationShale Samples Temp (° C.) 250 300 320 335 350 360 390 440 500 540 580Ro(%) 0.575 0.750 0.830 0.928 0.990 1.058 1.260 1.675 2.364 2.974 3.624Z / / 1.9231 1.8358 1.7190 1.6824 1.5207 1.3521 1.0327 0.9962 0.9541

In this embodiment, during implementation, the thermal simulationexperiments may be performed on the collected 9 groups of shale sampleshaving different TOC, respectively, to obtain the oil generationquantities and the gas generation quantities of the shale samples havingdifferent TOC under different preset temperatures. For the detail,please refer to the related content in Table 4.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the samples for the thermalsimulation experiments specifically may be the shale samples which areuniformly mixed and then compacted under twice the simulation pressurefor 2 days.

Step S104: performing thermal simulation experiments on the shalesamples of the target stratum of the target area to be researched,wherein the thermal simulation experiments are one group of semi-opensystem thermal simulation experiments corresponding to a highest presettemperature in Step S102 and for which an in-situ conversion pressure isset, so as to obtain an oil output quantity and a gas output quantityunder the highest preset temperature after thermal simulation; thethermal simulation experiments are performed on the collected 9 groupsof shale samples having different TOC, respectively, to obtain the oiloutput quantities and the gas output quantities of the shale havingdifferent TOC.

In this embodiment, the preset reaction kettle pressure may be thein-situ conversion pressure of 5 MPa, and the preset hydrocarbonexpulsion threshold pressure may be 5 MPa, wherein the presettemperature is the highest preset temperature in Step S102, and thetemperature increasing rate is the same as that in Step S102. Throughthe above thermal simulation experiments, the oil output quantities andthe gas output quantities under different preset temperatures aftersimulation can be obtained.

In this embodiment, by performing the thermal simulation experiments onthe collected 9 groups of shale samples having different TOC,respectively, the oil output quantities and the gas output quantities ofthe shale samples having different TOC under different presettemperatures are obtained. For the detail, please refer to the relatedcontent in Table 4.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the samples for the thermalsimulation experiments specifically may be the shale samples which areuniformly mixed and then compacted under twice the simulation pressurefor 2 days.

Step S105: compiling the data obtained from steps S101 to S104 intocorresponding set of data consisting of the oil generation potentials,the gas generation potentials, the retained oil quantity proportions,the retained gas quantity proportions, the oil output quantityproportions and the gas output quantity proportions in the shale sampleshaving different TOC, HC and Ro under different preset temperatures ofsimulation; and according to the compiled corresponding data, buildingquantitative evaluation models for the oil generation potential (i.e.,the oil generation potential model), the gas generation potential (i.e.,the gas generation potential model), the oil generation quantity (i.e.,the oil generation quantity model), the gas generation quantity (i.e.,the gas generation quantity model), the retained oil quantity proportion(i.e., the retained oil quantity proportion model), the retained gasquantity proportion (i.e., the retained gas quantity proportion model),the retained oil quantity (i.e., the retained oil quantity model), theretained gas quantity (i.e., the retained gas quantity model), the oiloutput quantity proportion (i.e., the oil output quantity proportionmodel), the gas output quantity proportion (i.e., the gas outputquantity proportion model), the oil output quantity (i.e., the oiloutput quantity model), and the gas output quantity (i.e., the gasoutput quantity model). The specific implementation process maycomprise:

S1: measuring corresponding Ro parameter using the samples subjected toa thermal simulation under a preset temperature, and building arelationship between the pyrolysis simulation temperature and thevitrinite reflectance Ro. For the detail, please refer to FIG. 5, whichillustrates a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand a shale thermal simulation temperature obtained by applying, in ascenario example, a method and an apparatus for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.

In which, the relationship between the vitrinite reflectance (Ro) andthe thermal simulation temperature specifically may be represented asfollows:Ro=0.13787e ^(0.005665T)

wherein Ro specifically may represent a vitrinite reflectance (i.e., aRo parameter), in a unit of %; T specifically may represent a pyrolysissimulation temperature, in a unit of ° C.

S2: establishing methods and models for evaluating the oil generationpotential, the oil generation quantity, the gas generation potential andgas generation quantity of the shale, using TOC, HC and Ro of theoriginal shale samples and corresponding Ro, oil generation quantity andgas generation quantity under a preset discrete experiment temperature.

S2-1: building an oil generation potential model of the shale. For thedetail, please refer to FIG. 6, which illustrates a schematic diagram ofa relationship between a Ro parameter and shale oil and gas generationpotentials obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

In this embodiment, it should be noted that the oil generation potentialspecifically may refer to a ratio of an oil generation quantity to anoriginal oil generation quantity of a shale, when a vitrinitereflectance of the shale is Ro. The original oil generation quantity ofthe shale is a total oil generation quantity throughout the oilgeneration, i.e., an original oil generation quantity. The oilgeneration quantity is the one when the vitrinite reflectance of theshale is Ro. Correspondingly, an evaluation model of the oil generationpotential of the shale may be represented as follows:Q _(op)=0.01×(a ₁₁ ×e ^(b) ¹¹ ^(×Ro) ×Ro ²)  (1)

wherein Q_(op) specifically may represent an oil generation potentialwhen a vitrinite reflectance of a shale is Ro, in a value range from 0to 1; Ro specifically may represent a vitrinite reflectance, in a unitof %; a₁₁ and b₁₁ specifically may be empirical coefficients (i.e., afirst-class constant and a second-class constant) which are specificallyvalued as 8602.3 and −5.232, respectively.

In this embodiment, it should be added that if the above model isspecifically used, it may be set that Q_(op)=1 when Q_(op)>1, andQ_(op)=0 when Q_(op)<0.

S2-2: building an oil generation quantity model of the shale.

In this embodiment, the oil generation quantity specifically mayrepresent an oil generation quantity of a shale when a vitrinitereflectance of the shale is Ro, i.e., a remained oil generationquantity. The oil generation quantity model specifically may berepresented as follows:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{og} = {Q_{ogs} \times Q_{op} \times \frac{{TOC}_{t}}{{TOC}_{s}} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(og) specifically may represent an oil generation quantitywhen a vitrinite reflectance of a shale is Ro, in a unit of t/t′ rock;Q_(ogs) specifically may represent an original oil generation quantityof the shale, in a unit of t/t′ rock; TOC_(s) specifically may representa recovered original total organic carbon content of the shale with theknown oil generation quantity, in a unit of %; HC specifically mayrepresent a recovered original hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of theshale with the known oil generation quantity, dimensionless; TOC_(t)specifically may represent a recovered original total organic carboncontent of the shale of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched, in a unit of %; and HC_(t) specifically may represent arecovered original hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of the shale ofthe target stratum of the target area to be researched, dimensionless.

S3-3: building a gas generation potential model of the shale. For thedetail, please refer to related content in FIG. 6.

In this embodiment, the gas generation potential specifically may referto a ratio of a gas generation quantity to an original gas generationquantity of a shale when a vitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro. Theoriginal gas generation quantity of the shale is a total gas generationquantity throughout the gas generation, i.e., an original gas generationquantity. The gas generation quantity is the one when the vitrinitereflectance of the shale is Ro. Correspondingly, an evaluation model ofthe gas generation potential of the shale specifically may berepresented as follows:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{gp} = {0.01 \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {{a_{21} \times {Ro}} + b_{21}} \right) \times {Ro}^{0.5}} & {{Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \\{a_{22} \times {Ro}^{b_{22}} \times {Ro}^{0.5}} & {{Ro} > {1.6\%}}\end{matrix} \right.}} & (3)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(gp) specifically may represent a gas generation potentialwhen a vitrinite reflectance of a shale is Ro, in a value range from 0to 1; Ro specifically may represent a vitrinite reflectance, in a unitof %; a₂₁, b₂₁, a₂₂ and b₂₂ specifically may be empirical coefficientswhich specifically may be valued as −121.57, 203.33, 236.23 and −6.582,respectively.

S2-4: building a gas generation quantity model of the shale.

In this embodiment, the gas generation quantity specifically may referto the one when the vitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro, i.e., aremained gas generation quantity. The gas generation quantity modelspecifically may be represented as follows:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{gg} = {Q_{ggs} \times Q_{gp} \times \frac{{TOC}_{t}}{{TOC}_{s}} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}}}} & (4)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(gg) specifically may represent a gas generation quantity whena vitrinite reflectance of a shale is Ro, in a unit of m3/t′ rock (20°C., 1 standard atmospheric pressure); Q_(ggs) specifically may representan original gas generation quantity of the shale, in a unit of m3/t′rock (20° C., 1 standard atmospheric pressure); TOC_(s) specifically mayrepresent a recovered original total organic carbon content of the shalewith the known gas generation quantity, in a unit of %; HC_(s)specifically may represent a recovered original hydrocarbon ratio ofatomic number of the shale with the known gas generation quantity,dimensionless; TOC_(t) specifically may represent a recovered originaltotal organic carbon content of the shale of the target stratum of thetarget area to be researched, in a unit of %; HC_(t) specifically mayrepresent a recovered original hydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of theshale of the target stratum of the target area to be researched,dimensionless.

S3: establishing methods and models for evaluating the retained oilquantity proportion, the retained gas quantity proportion, the retainedoil quantity and the retained gas quantity of the shale using TOC, HCand Ro of the original shale samples, the crude oil volume factor, thenatural gas deviation factor, as well as Ro, the oil generationquantity, the gas generation quantity, the retained oil quantity and theretained gas quantity corresponding to the preset discrete experimenttemperature.

In this embodiment, the shale oil in-situ conversion potentialspecifically may include the oil and gas generated in the heatingprocess of the shale organic matters and the oil and gas retained in theshale before heating. Thus, the retained oil and gas quantities in theshale are specifically evaluated with the following method:

S3-1: building a retained oil quantity proportion model of the shale.For the detail, please refer to FIG. 7, which illustrates a schematicdiagram of a relationship between a Ro parameter and proportions ofretained oil and gas quantities in a shale obtained by applying, in ascenario example, a method and an apparatus for determining an oiloutput quantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.

In this embodiment, since the retained oil quantity in the shale isgenerally related to Ro, TOC_(O), HC_(O) and the crude oil volumefactor, the retained oil quantity proportion in the shale may bedetermined through the following model:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{osp} = {{f({TOC})}_{o} \times B_{or} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{31} \times {Ro}} + b_{31}} & {{Ro} \leq {1.2\%}} \\{a_{32} \times {Ro}^{b_{32}}} & {{Ro} > {1.2\%}}\end{matrix} \right.}} & (5)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(osp) specifically may represent a retained oil quantityproportion and an oil generation quantity proportion in a shale when avitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro, and an original total organiccarbon content is TOC_(O); f(TOC)_(o) specifically may represent a shaleretained oil quantity correction coefficient, and it is a dimensionlessparameter related to TOC₀; a₃₁, b₃₁, a₃₂ and b₃₂ specifically may beempirical coefficients, which may be valued as 0.67014, −0.3530, 0.6464and −2.0292, respectively; B_(or) specifically may be a ratio of a crudeoil volume factor, under an actual stratum pressure of a target stratumof a target area to be researched, to a crude oil volume factor under asimulation pressure, and it is a dimensionless parameter; specifically,those crude oil volume factors may be obtained through experimentsaccording to “Analysis Method for Oil and Gas Reservoir Fluid Property”SY/T 5542-2009.

In which, the shale retained oil quantity correction coefficientspecifically may be determined with the following formula:

$\begin{matrix}{{f({TOC})}_{o} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{c_{11} \times {\ln({TOC})}} + c_{12}} & {{TOC} \leq {9.0\%}} \\{{c_{13} \times {TOC}} + c_{14}} & {{TOC} > {9.0\%}}\end{matrix} \right.} & (6)\end{matrix}$

wherein c₁₁c₁₂, c₁₃, c₁₄ specifically may be empirical coefficients,which may be valued as −0.8541, 2.8581, −0.02057 and 1.2837,respectively. For the detail, please refer to FIG. 8, which illustratesa schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameter andcorrected values of proportions of retained oil and gas quantities in ashale obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

S3-2: building a retained oil quantity model of the shale.

In this embodiment, the retained oil quantity model of the shalespecifically may be represented as follows:Q _(os) =Q _(osp) ×Q _(og)  (7)

wherein Q_(os) specifically may represent a retained oil quantity (in aunit of t/t′ rock) in a shale when a vitrinite reflectance of the shaleis Ro, and an original total organic carbon content is TOC_(O).

In this embodiment, if the above model is specifically used, it may beset that Q_(gs) is equal to a sum of an oil generation quantity and anoil output quantity of the shale corresponding to Ro, when Q_(os) isgreater than the sum of the oil generation quantity and the oil outputquantity of the shale corresponding to Ro.

S3-3: building a retained gas quantity proportion model of the shale.For the detail, please refer to related content in FIG. 7.

In this embodiment, since the retained gas quantity in the shale isrelated to Ro, TOC_(O), HC_(O) and the natural gas deviation factor,during implementation the retained gas quantity proportion in the shalemay be determined through the following model:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{gsp} = {{f({TOC})}_{g} \times {f\left( B_{gi} \right)} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{41} \times {Ro}} + b_{41}} & {{Ro} \leq {0.8\%}} \\{a_{42} \times {Ro}^{b_{42}}} & {{0.8\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \\{a_{43} \times {Ro}^{b_{43}}} & {{Ro} > {1.6\%}}\end{matrix} \right.}} & (8)\end{matrix}$

wherein, Q_(gsp) specifically may represent a retained gas quantityproportion and a gas generation quantity proportion in a shale when avitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro, and an original total organiccarbon content is TOC_(O); f(TOC)_(g) specifically may represent a shaleretained gas quantity correction coefficient, and it is a dimensionlessparameter related to TOC_(O); a₄₁, b₄₁, a₄₂, b₄₂, a₄₃ and b₄₃specifically may be empirical coefficients, which may be valued as0.8700, −0.6858, 0.1493, 6.8525, 0.3615 and 5.6626, respectively.

In which, the shale retained gas quantity correction coefficientspecifically may be determined with the following formula:

$\begin{matrix}{{f({TOC})}_{g} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{c_{21} \times {\ln({TOC})}} + c_{22}} & {{TOC} \leq {8\%}} \\{{c_{23} \times {TOC}} + c_{24}} & {{TOC} > {8\%}}\end{matrix} \right.} & (9)\end{matrix}$

wherein c₂₁, c₂₂, c₂₃ and c₂₄ specifically may be empiricalcoefficients, which may be valued as −0.8259, 2.6047, −0.01297 and1.0250, respectively. For the detail, please refer to FIG. 9, whichillustrates a schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameterand a natural gas deviation factor obtained by applying, in a scenarioexample, a method and an apparatus for determining an oil outputquantity and a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversionprovided by embodiments of the present disclosure.

in which, the parameters concerned in the above model may be determinedwith the following formula:

$\begin{matrix}{{f\left( B_{gi} \right)} = \frac{P_{f} \times T_{f} \times Z_{s}}{P_{s} \times T_{s} \times Z_{f}}} & (10)\end{matrix}$

wherein P_(f) specifically may represent an actual stratum pressure, ina unit of MPa; P_(s) specifically may represent a simulation pressure,in a unit of MPa, and during implementation it may be calculated using astratum pressure coefficient of 1.3 and a depth of a target stratum of atarget area to be researched; T_(f) specifically may represent an actualstratum temperature, in a unit of K; T_(s) specifically may represent astratum temperature corresponding to a geothermal gradient of 3° C./100m, in a unit of K, and specifically it may be calculated using a surfacetemperature of 15° C., a geothermal gradient of 3° C./100 m and a burieddepth; Z_(s) specifically may represent a retained natural gas deviationfactor for simulation, and it is a dimensionless parameter; Z_(f)specifically may represent a natural gas deviation factor of an actualstratum, and it is a dimensionless parameter, which specifically may becalculated according to “Natural Gas-Calculation of Compression Factor,Part 1: Introduction and Guidelines” GB/T 17747.1-1999, or “NaturalGas-Calculation of Compression Factor, Part 2: Calculation Using MolarComposition Analysis” GB/T 17747.2-1999, or “Natural Gas-Calculation ofCompression Factor, Part 3: Calculation Using Physical Properties” GB/T17747.3-1999, and also may be obtained through the experiments.

In which, Z, concerned in the above model specifically may be calculatedwith the following formula through the vitrinite reflectance Ro:Z _(s) =c ₃₁ ×Ro ^(C32)  (11)wherein c₃₁ and c₃₂ specifically may be empirical coefficients, whichare valued as 1.7255 and −0.4846, respectively.

S3-4: building a retained gas quantity model of the shale.

In this embodiment, the retained gas quantity model of the shalespecifically may be represented as follows:Q _(gs) =Q _(gsp) ×Q _(gg)  (12)

wherein Q_(gs) specifically may represent a retained gas quantity (in aunit of m³/t′ rock (20° C., 1 standard atmospheric pressure)) in a shalewhen a vitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro, and an original totalorganic carbon content is TOC_(O).

In this embodiment, if the above model is specifically used, it may beset that Q_(gs)(Q_(os)) is equal to a sum of a gas generation quantityand a gas output quantity of the shale corresponding to Ro, when Q_(gs)is greater than the sum of the gas generation quantity and the gasoutput quantity of the shale corresponding to Ro.

S4: establishing methods and models for evaluating the total oilquantity and the total gas quantity of the shale using the obtained oilgeneration quantity, gas generation quantity, retained oil quantity andretained gas quantity of the shale samples.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the shale oil in-situconversion potential when the vitrinite reflectance of the shale is Romay be represented by the total oil quantity and the total gas quantity,wherein the total oil quantity specifically may include a sum of the oilgeneration quantity and the retained oil quantity when the vitrinitereflectance of the shale is Ro, and the total gas quantity specificallymay include a sum of the gas generation quantity and the retained gasquantity when the vitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro.

During implementation, the total oil quantity may be calculated with thefollowing formula:Q _(o) =Q _(og) +Q _(os)  (13)

During implementation, the total gas quantity may be calculated with thefollowing formula:Q _(g) =Q _(gg) +Q _(gs)  (14)

wherein Q_(o) specifically may represent a total oil quantity when thevitrinite reflectance of the shale is Ro, in a unit oft/t′ rock; andQ_(g) specifically may represent a total gas quantity when the vitrinitereflectance of the shale is Ro, in a unit of m³/t′ rock (20° C., 1standard atmospheric pressure).

S5: establishing methods and models for evaluating the oil outputquantity proportion, the gas output quantity proportion, the gas outputquantity and the oil output quantity of the shale using the recoveredvalues of TOC and HC of the original shale sample as well as theobtained total oil quantity, total gas quantity, oil generationpotential, gas generation potential, oil output quantity and gas outputquantity.

S5-1: building an oil output quantity proportion model of the shale. Forthe detail, please refer to FIG. 10, which illustrates a schematicdiagram of a relationship between TOC×HC and proportions of oil and gasoutput quantities obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a methodand an apparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the models (formulas 17 and18) for calculating the oil output quantity proportion and the gasoutput quantity proportion of the sample may be built using the obtainedrecovered values of TOC and HC of the sample, as well as the oilgeneration quantity, the gas generation quantity, the oil outputquantity and the gas output quantity.

Specifically, the oil output quantity proportion model and the oilgeneration quantity proportion model may be built with the followingformula:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{pop} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{51} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC} \times {HC}} \right)}} + b_{51}} & {{{TOC} \times {HC}} < {6\%}} \\{{a_{52} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC} \times {HC}} \right)}} + b_{52}} & {{6\%} \leq {{TOC} \times {HC}} < {14\%}} \\{{a_{53} \times \left( {{TOC} \times {HC}} \right)} + b_{53}} & {{{TOC} \times {HC}} \geq {14\%}}\end{matrix} \right.} & (17)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(pop) specifically may represent an oil output quantityproportion and an oil generation quantity proportion when a vitrinitereflectance of a shale is Ro, HC specifically may represent an originalhydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of a shale of a target stratum of atarget area to be researched, and it is a dimensionless parameter; TOCspecifically may represent an original total organic carbon content ofthe shale of the target stratum of the target area to be researched, ina unit of %; a₅₁, b₅₁, a₅₂, b₅₂, a₅₃ and b₅₃ specifically may beempirical coefficients, which may be valued as 0.2376, 0.0538, 0.1530,0.2156, 0.00322 and 0.5719, respectively.

S5-2: building a gas output quantity proportion model of the shale. Forthe detail, please refer to related content in FIG. 10.

Specifically, the gas output quantity proportion model and the gasgeneration quantity proportion model may be built with the followingformula:

$\begin{matrix}{Q_{pgp} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{61} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC} \times {HC}} \right)}} + b_{61}} & {{{TOC} \times {HC}} < {14\%}} \\{{a_{62} \times \left( {{TOC} \times {HC}} \right)} + b_{62}} & {{{TOC} \times {HC}} \geq {14\%}}\end{matrix} \right.} & (18)\end{matrix}$

wherein Q_(pgp) specifically may represent a gas output quantityproportion and a gas generation quantity proportion when a vitrinitereflectance of a shale is Ro; HC specifically may represent an originalhydrocarbon ratio of atomic number of a shale of a target stratum of atarget area to be researched, dimensionless; TOC specifically mayrepresent an original total organic carbon content of the shale of thetarget stratum of the target area to be researched, in a unit of %; anda₆₁, b₆₁, a₆₂ and b₆₂ specifically may be empirical coefficients, whichmay be valued as 0.2117, 0.3169, 0.00388 and 0.6310, respectively.

S5-3: building an oil output quantity model and a gas output quantitymodel of the shale.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the models for calculatingthe oil output quantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oilin-situ conversion under corresponding TOC, Ro and HC conditions usingthe obtained oil output quantity proportion and gas output quantityproportion, as well as the calculation formulas of the total oilquantity and the total gas quantity.

In this embodiment, during implementation, after TOC, Ro and HC of ashale of a target stratum of a target area to be researched are obtainedand recovered to the original TOC and the original HC, the oil outputquantity and the gas output quantity may be obtained with formulas 19and 20, using the total oil quantity and the total gas quantity obtainedwith formulas 1 to 15.

In which, the calculation formula of the oil output quantityspecifically may be represented as:Q _(po) =Q _(pop) ×Q _(o)  (19)

The calculation formula of the gas output quantity specifically may berepresented as:Q _(pg) =Q _(pgp) ×Q _(g)  (20)

wherein Q_(po) specifically may represent an oil output quantity, in aunit of t/t′ rock; and Q_(pg) specifically may represent a gas outputquantity, in a unit of m³/t′ rock.

In this embodiment, during implementation, the core data of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched may be collected to obtainTOC, Ro, HC and the sample quality of the shale, and after the originalTOC and the original HC are recovered, the oil output quantity and thegas output quantity of the in-situ conversion of the shale oil of thetarget stratum of the target area to be researched may be obtained withformulas 1 to 20.

Step S106: obtaining HC of different types of kerogen samples of thetarget stratum of the target area to be researched, and performingthermal simulation experiments on the shale samples of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched, wherein the thermalsimulation experiments are one group of semi-open system thermalsimulation experiments for which a stratum pressure and a plurality ofdifferent preset temperatures are set, so as to obtain shale HC underdifferent preset temperatures after thermal simulation; establishingmethods and models for evaluating the original HC (HC_(O)) and theoriginal TOC (TOC_(O)) of the shale using Ro under different presettemperatures obtained in step S101 and TOC of the shale under differentpreset temperatures after simulation obtained in step S102.

In this embodiment, during implementation, when the target stratum ofthe target area to be researched lacks immature shale samples, and onlyTOC and HC of a shale having a certain Ro are known, it is usuallyimpossible to accurately evaluate the oil and gas generation potentials,the oil and gas generation quantities, the retained oil and gasquantities or the oil and gas output quantities of the shale. In orderto accurately evaluate the oil and gas generation potentials, the oiland gas generation quantities, the retained oil and gas quantities orthe oil and gas output quantities of the shale, it is necessary torecover the original TOC and the original HC of the shale having thecertain Ro, and this step is provided for this purpose.

In this embodiment, during implementation, TOC and HC of the shale ofthe target stratum of the target area to be researched may be recoveredto the values corresponding to Ro of 0.45%, as the original TCO and theoriginal HC, i.e., HC_(O) and TOC_(O).

In this embodiment, the samples of the target stratum of the target areato be researched are outcrop-section shale of Yanchang Formation,outcrop-section shale of YY Formation, outcrop-section shale of ZZFormation, outcrop-section shale of TTT Formation of XXX Basin, andshale of the third member of Shahejie Formation of RRR Basin. The abovefive shale samples represent the kerogen of types I to II, respectively.The outcrop samples are those obtained by digging 8 meters or more belowthe ground to ensure that those samples are not weathered. 2 kg samplesare collected at each sampling point, pulverized into a size of 60meshes respectively, and mixed uniformly, while each group of samplesare divided into 12 parts which are respectively used to measure theoriginal HC and Ro, wherein HC is measured according to an industrialstandard “Geochemical Evaluation Method for Terrestrial HydrocarbonSource Rocks” SYT 5735-1995, and Ro is measured according to anindustrial standard “Determination Method for Vitrinite Reflectance inSedimentary Rocks” SY/T 5124-2012.

In this embodiment, during implementation, thermal simulationexperiments may be performed on the shale samples of the target stratumof the target area to be researched, wherein the thermal simulationexperiments are one group of semi-open system thermal simulationexperiments for which a stratum pressure and a plurality of differentpreset temperatures are set (the set stratum pressure and presettemperatures, the temperature increasing step and the sample processingmethod are the same as those in step S102), so as to obtain the shale HCof the group of samples under different preset temperatures afterthermal simulation; the thermal simulation experiments are performed onthe collected 5 groups of shale samples having different HC,respectively, to obtain HC and Ro of the shale samples having differentHC under different preset temperatures.

S1: building a shale HC evaluation model using an original HC of a shalesample, and Ro and HC corresponding to a preset discrete experimenttemperature. For the detail, please refer to FIG. 11, which illustratesa schematic diagram of a relationship between a Ro parameter and an HCparameter obtained by applying, in a scenario example, a method and anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity and a gas outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

In this embodiment, when the target stratum of the target area to beresearched lacks immature shale samples, the original HC of the shalespecifically may be determined as follows:HC=a ₈₁ ×Ro ^(b) ⁸¹   (22)wherein a₈₁ and b₈₁ specifically may be empirical coefficients, andtheir specific values may refer to related content as shown in Table 1.

In this embodiment, during implementation, HC and Ro of the targetstratum of the target area to be researched may be obtained to calculatecorresponding Ro and obtain two calculated values HC₁ and HC₂above-below-adjacent to HC with formula 22, and then calculate anoriginal HC_(O) corresponding to HC with formula 23 according to thepositional relationships between HC and HC₁, HC₂, and the originalHC_(0R1), HC_(OR2) corresponding to HC₁, HC₂:

$\begin{matrix}{{HC}_{O} = {{HC}_{{OR}\; 2} + \frac{{{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} \times \left( {{HC} - {HC}_{2}} \right)} + {{HC}_{{OR}\; 2} \times \left( {{HC}_{1} - {HC}} \right)}}{{HC}_{1} + {HC}_{2\;}}}} & (23)\end{matrix}$

In this embodiment, during implementation, when the obtained HCcorresponding to Ro of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched is greater than HC₁ calculated from a top line, an originalHC_(O) corresponding to HC may be calculated with formula 24 using HC₁and HC₂ calculated from two lower lines corresponding to Ro:

$\begin{matrix}{{HC}_{O} = {{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} + \frac{\left( {{HC} - {HC}_{1}} \right) \times \left( {{HC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {HC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{HC}_{1} - {HC}_{2}}}} & (24)\end{matrix}$

In this embodiment, during implementation, when the obtained HCcorresponding to Ro of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched is less than HC₁ calculated from a bottom line, an originalHC_(O) corresponding to HC may be calculated with formula 25 using HC₁and HC₂ calculated from two upper lines corresponding to Ro:

$\begin{matrix}{{HC}_{O} = {{HC}_{O\; R\; 2} - {\frac{\left( {{HC}_{2} - {HC}} \right) \times \left( {{HC}_{O\; R\; 1} - {HC}_{{O\; R\; 2}\;}} \right)}{{HC}_{1} - {HC}_{2}}.}}} & (25)\end{matrix}$

S2: establishing methods and models for evaluating TOC of the shale,using an original TOC of a shale sample, Ro, TOC and HC corresponding toa preset discrete experiment temperature, and the obtained HC. For thedetail, please refer to FIG. 12, which illustrates a schematic diagramof a relationship between a Ro parameter and a TOC parameter obtained byapplying, in a scenario example, a method and an apparatus fordetermining an oil output quantity and a gas output quantity of a shaleoil in-situ conversion provided by embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

In this embodiment, when the target stratum of the target area to beresearched lacks immature shale samples, the original TOC of the shalespecifically may be determined as follows:

$\begin{matrix}{{TOC} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{91} \times {Ro}^{2}} + {a_{92} \times {Ro}} + a_{93}} & {{Ro} \leq {0.9\%}} \\{a_{94} \times {Ro}^{a_{95}}} & {{0.9\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \\{{a_{96} \times {Ro}^{3}} + {a_{97} \times {Ro}^{2}} + {a_{98} \times {Ro}} + a_{99}} & {{Ro} > {1.6\%}}\end{matrix} \right.} & (26)\end{matrix}$

wherein a₉₁, a₉₂, a₉₃, a₉₄, a₉₅, a₉₆, a₉₇, a₉₈, and a₉₉ specifically maybe empirical coefficients, and their specific values may be determinedaccording to the content as shown in Table 2.

In which, the model of formula 26 is obtained under the condition thatthe shale of the target stratum of the target area to be researched isof types I+II₁. During the thermal evolution, the shales with differenttypes of kerogen are different in terms of the hydrocarbon production,and a correction is required to accurately predict the original TOC ofthe target stratum of the target area to be researched. TOC_(m), Ro andHC_(O) of the target stratum of the target area to be researched areobtained, so as to obtain the normalized TOC corresponding to Ro ofdifferent types of kerogens after correction, i.e.,

$\begin{matrix}{{TOC} = {{TOC}_{m} \times \frac{\left( {{HC}_{OR} - {HC}_{Ro}} \right) \times {HC}_{ORN}}{\left( {{HC}_{ORN} - {HC}_{RoN}} \right) \times {HC}_{OR}}}} & (27)\end{matrix}$

wherein TOC_(m) specifically may represent a measured value of a shaleTOC corresponding to Ro of a target stratum of a target area to beresearched, in a unit of %; TOC specifically may represent a TOCnormalized by correcting the measured value of the shale TOCcorresponding to Ro of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched, in a unit of %; HC_(0R) specifically may represent anoriginal HC of the shale of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched, dimensionless; HC_(Ro) specifically may represent a measuredvalue of HC corresponding to Ro of the shale of the target stratum ofthe target area to be researched, dimensionless; HC_(ORN) specificallymay represent an original HC of the shale in the model of formula 26,and valued as 1.5326, dimensionless.

In this embodiment, during implementation, TOC of the shale of thetarget stratum of the target area to be researched may be obtained withformula 27, to calculate corresponding Ro and obtain two calculatedvalues TOC₁ and TOC₂ above-below-adjacent to TOC with formula 26, andthen calculate an original TOC_(O) corresponding to TOC with formula 28according to the positional relationships between TOC and TOC₁, TOC₂,and the original TOC_(OR1), TOC_(OR2) corresponding to TOC₁, TOC₂, i.e.,

$\begin{matrix}{{TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} + \frac{{{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} \times \left( {{TOC} - {TOC}_{2}} \right)} + {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} \times \left( {{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}} \right)}}{{TOC}_{1} + {TOC}_{2}}}} & (28)\end{matrix}$

In this embodiment, during implementation, when the obtained TOCcorresponding to Ro of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched is greater than TOC₁ calculated from a top line, an originalTOC_(O) corresponding to TOC may be calculated with formula 29 usingTOC₁ and TOC₂ calculated from two lower lines corresponding to Ro:

$\begin{matrix}{{TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} + \frac{\left( {{TOC} - {TOC}_{1}} \right) \times \left( {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {TOC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}_{2}}}} & (29)\end{matrix}$

In this embodiment, during implementation, when the obtained TOCcorresponding to Ro of the target stratum of the target area to beresearched is less than TOC₁ calculated from a bottom line, an originalTOC_(O) corresponding to TOC may be calculated with formula 30 usingTOC₁ and TOC₂ calculated from two upper lines corresponding to Ro:

$\begin{matrix}{{TOC}_{O} = {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 2} - {\frac{\left( {{TOC}_{2} - {TOC}} \right) \times \left( {{TOC}_{{OR}\; 1} - {TOC}_{{OR}\; 2}} \right)}{{TOC}_{1} - {TOC}_{2}} \circ}}} & (30)\end{matrix}$

Thus, based on the above formulas, it is possible to obtain the oil andgas generation potentials, the oil and gas generation quantities, theretained oil and gas quantities, and the oil and gas output quantitiesof the shale under the condition of any Ro, TOC and HC, so as to achievethe quantitative evaluation of the development potential of the targetarea.

Through the above scenario examples, it is verified that by introducingand using multiple parameters such as the retained oil quantity, theretained gas quantity, the oil output quantity and the gas outputquantity to build accurate oil output quantity model and gas outputquantity model, the method and apparatus for determining the oil outputquantity and the gas output quantity of the shale oil in-situ conversionprovided by the embodiments of the present disclosure actually solve thetechnical problem in the existing methods that the predicted developmentpotential has a large error and a low accuracy, and achieve thetechnical effect of comprehensively considering the mutual influencesbetween multiple factors, and accurately predicting the developmentpotential of the target area through multiple parameters such as the oiloutput quantity and the gas output quantity.

Although the present disclosure mentions different specific embodiments,the present disclosure is not limited to the industrial standards or thesituations as described in the embodiments. Some industrial standards,or an implementation scheme which is self-defined or slightly amendedbased on the implementations described in the embodiments can alsoachieve the same, equivalent or similar, or modification expectableimplementation effects as compared with the above embodiments. Theembodiments obtained by applying these amended or modified modes fordata acquisition, processing, output, judgment, etc., should still fallwithin the scope of the optional implementation schemes of the presentdisclosure.

Although the present disclosure provides the method operation steps asdescribed in the embodiments or flowcharts, more or less operation stepsmay be included based on the conventional or inventive-less means. Anystep execution order listed in the embodiments is only one of thevarious step execution orders, rather than representing the unique stepexecution order. Regarding a practical device or client-end product, thesteps may be executed orderly or in parallel according to the methodillustrated in the embodiments or the drawing (e.g., by the parallelprocessors, or under a multi-thread processing environment or even adistributed data processing environment). The term “comprise”, “include”or any other variant intends to cover the non-exclusive inclusions, sothat a process, a method, a product or a device comprising a series ofelements comprise not only those elements, but also other elements notexplicitly listed, or further comprise inherent elements of suchprocess, method, product or device. In a case where there is no furtherlimitation, it does not exclude any other identical or equivalentelement existing in the process, method, product or device comprisingthe elements.

The device or module, etc. elaborated in the above embodimentsspecifically may be implemented by a computer chip or an entity, or aproduct having a certain function. In order to facilitate thedescriptions, the device is described based on the functions withvarious functional modules, respectively. Of course, duringimplementation of the present disclosure, the functions of the modulesmay be realized in the same or a plurality of software and/or hardware,or a module that realizes a function may be implemented by a combinationof a plurality of submodules or subunits, and the like. The deviceembodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the modulepartitioning is only a logical function partitioning, and otherpartitioning modes are possible during the actual implementation. Forexample, a plurality of modules or components may be combined orintegrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or notexecuted.

As known to those skilled in the art, in addition to implementing thecontroller by merely using computer readable program codes, thecontroller is completely enabled to realize the same function in theform of a logic gate, a switch, an ASIC, a programmable logiccontroller, an embedded microcontroller, etc., by logically programmingthe methodical steps. Thus, such a controller may be deemed as ahardware component, while means included therein for realizing variousfunctions may also be deemed as structures in the hardware component.Alternatively, those means for realizing various functions may even bedeemed as not only software modules for implementing a method, but alsothe structures in the hardware component.

The present disclosure may be described in the general context ofcomputer executable instructions executed by the computer, e.g., theprogram module. In general, the program module includes routine,program, object, component, data structure, etc. executing a particulartask or realizing a particular abstract data type. The presentdisclosure may also be put into practice in the distributed computingenvironments where tasks are executed by remote processing devicesconnected through a communication network. In the distributed computingenvironments, the program modules may be located in the local and remotecomputer storage medium including the storage device.

As can be seen from the descriptions of the above embodiments, thoseskilled in the art can clearly understand that the present disclosurecan be implemented by means of software plus a necessary universalhardware platform. Based on this understanding, the essence of thetechnical solution of the present disclosure or the part making acontribution to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a computersoftware product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as aROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., and include severalinstructions to enable a computer device (a personal computer, a server,a network device, etc.) to carry out the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, or methods described in some parts of the embodiments.

Each embodiment in the Specification is described in a progressivemanner. Each embodiment lays an emphasis on its difference from otherembodiments, and the same or similar parts of the embodiments can referto each other. The present disclosure is applicable to a lot of generalor dedicated computer system environments or configurations, such as apersonal computer, a server computer, a handheld or portable device, atablet device, a multiprocessor system, a microprocessor-based system, aset-top box, a programmable consumer electronic device, a network PC, aminicomputer, a mainframe computer, a distributed computing environmentincluding any of the above systems or devices, etc.

Although the present disclosure has been described through theembodiments, those skilled in the art knows that there are manymodifications and changes to the present disclosure without departingfrom the spirit of the present disclosure, and it is intended that theappended claims include those modifications and changes withoutdeparting from the spirit of the present disclosure.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for determining an oil outputquantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion, comprising: obtaining aplurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum of a targetarea, wherein the shale samples are immature shale samples; measuringthe plurality of groups of shale samples to obtain an initial TOCparameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;determining, according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, afirst retained oil quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity anda second retained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature;building an oil output quantity model according to the first retainedoil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity and the secondretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature; determining anoil output quantity of the target stratum of the target area accordingto the oil output quantity model.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein determining, according to the plurality of groups of shalesamples, a first retained oil quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil outputquantity and a second retained oil quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature comprises: performing a first thermal simulation experimenton each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shalesamples to determine the first retained oil quantity and the Roparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature, wherein a simulationpressure of the first thermal simulation experiment is a stratumpressure, and the first thermal simulation experiment includes semi-openthermal simulation experiments under a plurality of preset temperatures;performing a second thermal simulation experiment on each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples to determine the oiloutput quantity and the second retained oil quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature, wherein a simulation pressure of the second thermalsimulation experiment is an in-situ conversion pressure, the secondthermal simulation experiment includes semi-open thermal simulationexperiments under a plurality of preset temperatures, and the pluralityof preset temperatures included by the second thermal simulationexperiment are the same as those included by the first thermalsimulation experiment.
 3. The method according to claim 1, whereinbuilding an oil output quantity model according to the first retainedoil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity and the secondretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature comprises:determining an oil generation quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureaccording to the oil output quantity and the second retained oilquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature; building a Ro parametermodel according to the Ro parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureand an initial Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples; building an oil generationpotential model according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples, the Ro parameter model, andthe oil generation quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature;building a retained oil proportion model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, theoil generation quantity of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, the firstretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, and the oilgeneration potential model; building an oil output quantity proportionmodel according to the retained oil proportion model, and the initialTOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;building an oil output quantity model according to the oil outputquantity proportion model.
 4. The method according to claim 3, whereinthe oil generation potential model is built with the following formula:Q _(op)=0.01×(a ₁₁ ×e ^(b) ¹¹ ^(×Ro) ×Ro ²) wherein Q_(op) represents anoil generation potential, Ro represents a Ro parameter, a₁₁ represents afirst-class constant with a reference number of 11, and b₁₁ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of
 11. 5. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein the retained oil quantity proportion modelis built with the following formula:$Q_{osp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{o} \times B_{or} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{31} \times {Ro}} + {b_{31}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.2\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{32} \times {{Ro}^{b_{32}}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.2\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$ wherein Q_(osp) represents a retained oilquantity proportion, f(TOC₀)_(o) represents a shale retained oilquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ represents an initial TOCparameter of a shale sample, B_(or) represents a ratio of a crude oilvolume factor under a stratum pressure of the target area to a crude oilvolume factor under a thermal simulation pressure, Ro represents a Roparameter, HC_(i) represents an initial HC parameter of a shale sampleof a target stratum of a target area to be determined, HC_(s) representsan initial HC parameter of a shale sample, a₃₁ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 31, a₃₂ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 32, b₃₁ represents a second-classconstant with a reference number of 31, and b₃₂ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of
 32. 6. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein the oil output quantity proportion modelis built with the following formula: $Q_{pop} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{51} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{51}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {6\%}} \right)}} \\{{a_{52} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{52}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 6\%} \leq {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right)}} \\{{a_{53} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + {b_{53}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.$ wherein Q_(pop) represents an oil output quantityproportion, TOC₀ represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample,HC₀ represents an initial HC parameter of the shale sample, a₅₁represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 51, a₅₂represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 52, a₅₃represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 53, b₅₁represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 51, b₅₂represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 52, andb₅₃ represents a second-class constant with a reference number of
 53. 7.The method according to claim 1, wherein when the target area lacksimmature shale samples, the method further comprises: obtaining aplurality of groups of shale samples of the target area, and performingTOC recovery processing and HC recovery processing on the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, respectively, to obtain an initial TOCparameter and an initial HC parameter of the target area.
 8. A methodfor determining a gas output quantity of a shale oil in-situ conversion,comprising: obtaining a plurality of groups of shale samples of a targetstratum of a target area, wherein the shale samples are immature shalesamples; measuring the plurality of groups of shale samples to obtain aninitial TOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initial HCparameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples; determining, according to the plurality of groups ofshale samples, a first retained gas quantity, a Ro parameter, a gasoutput quantity and a second retained gas quantity of each group ofshale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under eachpreset temperature; building a gas output quantity model according tothe first retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the gas outputquantity and the second retained gas quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature; determining a gas output quantity of the target stratum ofthe target area according to the gas output quantity model.
 9. Themethod according to claim 8, wherein determining, according to theplurality of groups of shale samples, a first retained gas quantity, aRo parameter, a gas output quantity and a second retained gas quantityof each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shalesamples under each preset temperature comprises: performing a firstthermal simulation experiment on each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples to determine the first retained gasquantity and the Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature,wherein a simulation pressure of the first thermal simulation experimentis a stratum pressure, and the first thermal simulation experimentincludes semi-open thermal simulation experiments under a plurality ofpreset temperatures; performing a second thermal simulation experimenton each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shalesamples to determine the gas output quantity and the second retained gasquantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groups ofshale samples under each preset temperature, wherein a simulationpressure of the second thermal simulation experiment is an in-situconversion pressure, the second thermal simulation experiment includessemi-open thermal simulation experiments under a plurality of presettemperatures, and the plurality of preset temperatures included by thesecond thermal simulation experiment are the same as those included bythe first thermal simulation experiment.
 10. The method according toclaim 8, wherein building a gas output quantity model according to thefirst retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter, the gas output quantityand the second retained gas quantity of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperaturecomprises: determining a gas generation quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature according to the gas output quantity and the second retainedgas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groupsof shale samples under each preset temperature; building a Ro parametermodel according to the Ro parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperatureand an initial Ro parameter of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples; building a gas generationpotential model according to the initial TOC parameter, the initial Roparameter and the initial HC parameter of each group of shale samples inthe plurality of groups of shale samples, the Ro parameter model, andthe gas generation quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature;building a retained gas proportion model according to the initial TOCparameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples, thegas generation quantity of each group of shale samples in the pluralityof groups of shale samples under each preset temperature, the firstretained gas quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature, and the gasgeneration potential model; building a gas output quantity proportionmodel according to the retained gas proportion model, and the initialTOC parameter, the initial Ro parameter and the initial HC parameter ofeach group of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples;building a gas output quantity model according to the gas outputquantity proportion model.
 11. The method according to claim 10, whereinthe gas generation potential model is built with the following formula:$Q_{gp} = {0.01 \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {{a_{21} \times {Ro}} + b_{21}} \right) \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {1.6\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{22} \times {Ro}^{b_{22}} \times {{Ro}^{0.5}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$ wherein Q_(gp) represents a gas generationpotential, Ro represents a Ro parameter, a₂₁ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 21, a₂₂ represents a first-classconstant with a reference number of 22, b₂₁ represents a second-classconstant with a reference number of 21, and b₂₂ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of
 22. 12. The methodaccording to claim 10, wherein the retained gas quantity proportionmodel is built with the following formula:$Q_{gsp} = {{f\left( {TOC}_{0} \right)}_{g} \times {f\left( B_{gi} \right)} \times \frac{{HC}_{t}}{{HC}_{s}} \times \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{41} \times {Ro}} + {b_{41}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} \leq {0.8\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{42} \times {{Ro}^{b_{42}}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu} 0.8\%} < {Ro} \leq {1.6\%}} \right)}} \\{a_{43} \times {{Rob}^{b_{43}}\left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{Ro}} > {1.6\%}} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right.}$ wherein Q_(gsp) represents a retained gasquantity proportion, f(TOC₀)_(g) represents a shale retained gasquantity correction coefficient, TOC₀ represents an initial TOCparameter of a shale sample, f(B_(gi)) represents an experimentalsimulation pressure-based natural gas volume factor correctionparameter, B_(gi) represents a ratio of a natural gas volume factorunder a stratum pressure of the target area to a natural gas volumefactor under an experimental thermal simulation pressure, Ro representsa Ro parameter, HC_(r) represents an initial HC parameter of a shalesample of a target stratum of a target area to be determined, HC_(s)represents an initial HC parameter of a shale sample, a₄₁ represents afirst-class constant with a reference number of 41, a₄₂ represents afirst-class constant with a reference number of 42, a₄₃ represents afirst-class constant with a reference number of 43, b₄₁ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of 41, b₄₂ represents asecond-class constant with a reference number of 42, and b₄₃ representsa second-class constant with a reference number of
 43. 13. The methodaccording to claim 10, wherein the gas output quantity proportion modelis built with the following formula: $Q_{pgp} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{a_{61} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{61}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} < {14\%}} \right) \\{{a_{62} \times {\ln\left( {{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \right)}} + b_{62}} & \left( {{{when}\mspace{14mu}{TOC}_{0} \times {HC}_{0}} \geq {14\%}} \right)\end{matrix} \right.$ wherein Q_(pgp) represents a gas output quantityproportion, TOC₀ represents an initial TOC parameter of a shale sample,HC₀ represents an initial HC parameter of the shale sample, a₆₁represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 61, a₆₂represents a first-class constant with a reference number of 62, b₆₁represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 61, andb₆₂ represents a second-class constant with a reference number of 62.14. The method according to claim 8, wherein when the target area lacksimmature shale samples, the method further comprises: obtaining aplurality of groups of shale samples of the target area, and performingTOC recovery processing and HC recovery processing on the plurality ofgroups of shale samples, respectively, to obtain an initial TOCparameter and an initial HC parameter of the target area.
 15. Anapparatus for determining an oil output quantity of a shale oil in-situconversion, comprising: an obtaining module configured to obtain aplurality of groups of shale samples of a target stratum of a targetarea, wherein the shale samples are immature shale samples; a measuringmodule configured to measure the plurality of groups of shale samples toobtain an initial TOC parameter, an initial Ro parameter, and an initialHC parameter of each group of shale samples in the plurality of groupsof shale samples; a first determining module configured to determine,according to the plurality of groups of shale samples, a first retainedoil quantity, a Ro parameter, an oil output quantity and a secondretained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in the plurality ofgroups of shale samples under each preset temperature; a building moduleconfigured to build an oil output quantity model according to the firstretained oil quantity, the Ro parameter, the oil output quantity and thesecond retained oil quantity of each group of shale samples in theplurality of groups of shale samples under each preset temperature; asecond determining module configured to determine an oil output quantityof the target stratum of the target area according to the oil outputquantity model.
 16. An apparatus for determining a gas output quantityof a shale oil in-situ conversion, comprising: an obtaining moduleconfigured to obtain a plurality of groups of shale samples of a targetstratum of a target area, wherein the shale samples are immature shalesamples; a measuring module configured to measure the plurality ofgroups of shale samples to obtain an initial TOC parameter, an initialRo parameter, and an initial HC parameter of each group of shale samplesin the plurality of groups of shale samples; a first determining moduleconfigured to determine, according to the plurality of groups of shalesamples, a first retained gas quantity, a Ro parameter, a gas outputquantity and a second retained gas quantity of each group of shalesamples in the plurality of groups of shale samples under each presettemperature; a building module configured to build a gas output quantitymodel according to the first retained gas quantity, the Ro parameter,the gas output quantity and the second retained gas quantity of eachgroup of shale samples in the plurality of groups of shale samples undereach preset temperature; a second determining module configured todetermine a gas output quantity of the target stratum of the target areaaccording to the gas output quantity model.